"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin." (1 John 1:7-9 NIV)|"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except...
"And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." (Ephesians 4:23-24 KJV)The morning was chaotic, not much different than any other 1940s morning, having many interruptions. My...
His family had been told that there was no chance of finding their missing boy alive. His body had not yet been discovered after five days of searching in the rubble of the building in which he had been working when the earthquake struck eastern Turkey. The building...
Clean. People define it differently and engage in various activities to achieve it.Before running water and electricity, once a week baths with sponging off in between constituted clean. Even after these inventions, my grandparents didn't bathe every day but still...
2 Corinthians 5:19 "For God was in Christ, restoring the world to himself, no longer counting men’s sins against them, but blotting them out. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others." Oh no, I thought, I’ll never get this stain out. I...
"Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh." (Luke 6:21b, NIV2)We all go through times when we can't help but weep. A loved one passes away, a friend ends up divorced, an acquaintance is transported to a hospital, or your children are leaving home to attend...
"The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger." Job 17:9 NLTAs a young boy, clean hands were important to me-a trait that has obviously been passed down to my grandson. As he attempts to master eating with a fork and...