Sharon nervously dressed as she got ready for her first day at the nursing home. She had been given 3 uniform tops that were tangerine in color. Not her color at all, but that is what all the aids wore and so would she. Her stomach seemed to be upset and she knew that...
You know the Bible verse that talks about being hospitable to strangers, "for in doing so some have entertained angels"?Well, each week as I go to and from my writing group I pass a young Eastern European man selling a "The Big Issue" (a magazine sold by homeless...
Le Louvre, the famous national art museum of France, has a secret. Located in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine river, it wasn't built to be a museum at all! Instead it was initially built to be a fortress. Philip II Augustus had it constructed early in the 13th...
As I strode through the crowds gathered under and around the gracious Eiffel Tower, heading for the ticket line, I was confronted by a woman, seemingly of Asian descent. She wore a long skirt, and a red veil covered her hair."Do you speak English?" She pleaded in a...
Isaiah 43:2 - When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. (NIV)I expect to pass through this world...
1 Timothy 6:17-19 - Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich...
He was sitting on a New York corner begging, in the hot July sun;People kept on walking by........help......they gave him none.He was awfully haggard looking, nothing but skin and bones;What a sad life it must be, to be so all alone. He was saying: "Please, won't...