Our friendship began with Joni's penpal ad in a monthly magazine. When I answered that ad several years ago, I never could have imagined the journey I was setting out upon! My first letter to her, one of introduction, went unanswered for three months. I'd long since...
"The Ache Is There, Does Anybody Care," transpired from events that happened while my husband and I went through several years of infertility. Family members, church members and friends all misunderstood the pain of infertility. It was more than the...
A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was leaving the room after paying a visit, and said,"Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side."Very quietly the doctor said,"I don't know.""You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the...
I wanted to see Jesus today.I saw the old man instead standing by the pump at the gas station.We said hello to each other as we shared our smiles and left on our way.I wanted to see Jesus today.I saw the most delightful little child with his mother and she was so...
I had spent the night in tears because of something cruel that someone had done to me. I finally dropped off to sleep around 5:00 A.M., only to be rudely awaken at 5:30 by—of all things—the timer on my stove! How or why, I still don’t know, for no one had touched the...
"Not one sparrow. . .can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't worry! You are more valuable to him than many sparrows." - Jesus (Matthew 10:29-31, TLB)I read recently about some city workers in...
I have what is called "Baptist Day". It is a day when all the Baptists in the area are invited to the school because they want the Baptist dollars to keep coming in. On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every "Baptist...