"God how can you use me in the condition I'm in?" I have asked that question more than once in my life.It was a hot summer day; I tried filling it to capacity. Despite being a young mother of four active children I still found time that morning to take in a round of...
"Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life." - Revelation 2:10In...
Autumn leaves drifted down on a sunny Saturday morning in late October 1985. I stood watching our children through a sliding glass door in the house where we were temporarily staying. Rachel, three, was rolling in the thick layer of leaves on the ground, while Tim,...
"The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. The Lord delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the Lord's anointed." - 1 Samuel 26:23In 1952 Mother Teresa began the work for which the Missionaries of Charity have been...
As young people often tend to feel invincible, my daughter would be employed two and three places at a time. Being born flat-footed, her feet didn't always cooperate.In time, x-rays proved her bones had actually moved to where they were laying side by side (instead of...
(Isaiah 45: 22, "Look to Me and be saved, All you ends of the earth. For I am God and there is no other.") Keep me safe, My God, My trust is in Your Hand. You are my cup and portion As I live within this land. My heart cries deep within me, "You, You are the...
When D.L. Moody found his life in Christ, he looked for some opportunities to teach at a church, but no one wanted to use the uneducated man. He started his own Bible study in a shoe store, and it wasn't long before kids were coming out of the woodwork. People...