1 Chronicles 16:34 "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!" ESVLeviticus 19:34 "You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as a native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the...
“Let’s go to Riverbanks Zoo!” I announced to my family.A day trip excursion was just what I needed. The hour and a half drive to Columbia from Charlotte was a relaxing get-a-way from everything that was bothering me. Monotonous stretches of asphalt smoothed my nerves...
Matthew 7:12 - So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (NIV)One Sunday morning, just after I arrived at church, a young lady came in and sat in a pew near the front. I saw that she was deeply...
Situated within the Mojave Desert in eastern California is the lowest, driest and hottest location in North America.On July 10, 1913, the highest reported temperature in the Western Hemisphere, 134 degrees Fahrenheit, was reported at Furnace Creek in Death Valley-a...
It was 1993 and Dianne, a manager for a London, Ontario business, took a leave of absence to welcome her first child into the world. She lived in a nice apartment, worked at a job she loved, had a husband who cared about her and now excitedly set about to live the...
On the first morning of our holiday in Hawaii, we hurried to the beach, eager to enjoy the surf. But as we approached the water, we noticed a group of women, each standing beside one of a number of wheelchairs, each of which was adapted in a different way to...
"And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone." (1 Thessalonians 5:14, NIV2) One wife waited patiently, then impatiently, for her husband to repair the lawn mower as...
