“Don’t tell anybody,” my friend said “I’m so embarrassed.” You’ll agree when you read the details. This happened years ago and she gave me permission to share it with you. We had pulled in the parking lot of our favorite shopping mall. She parked the car and got out....
"The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth." (Psalm 97:5 ESV)"Then the Lord said to me, 'You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.'" (Deuteronomy 2:2-3 ESV)Have you ever had an obstacle in your way? I have a few...
Why are we So Easily Discouraged?Have you noticed that all of us humans have at least one thing in common? We become easily discouraged! When adversity stirs up in our lives and trouble stares us in the face, we tend to isolate ourselves. And in so doing, we lose all...
"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."...
After a hike up the turkey path, in Leonard Harrison State Park, Pennsylvania, I was approached by a woman on a motorbike. She was clothed like so many of the bikers in the region, in jeans and a leather jacket. As she took her helmet off her head, I noticed tattoos...
How easy it is to get discouraged! And once we find ourselves ensnared in these ugly tentacles, all of our hope evaporates into thin air.But to those who persevere, the impossible becomes a foreign word.In the 1850s, Sylvester Marsh and a friend climbed the...
While on my trek through New Hampshire this past summer, I encountered quite an unusual sight. It was a Norwegian Spruce tree that had been struck by lightning many years ago. But instead of splitting in two or shriveling up like the ones we often encounter in...