I stopped at a local convenience store the other day to fill up my gas tank before heading back home. After pumping the gas I headed in, grabbed a pack of gum, and got in line to pay. In the front of the line was a tired looking woman, holding a toddler in her arms....
My daughter was having trouble recently deciding on what to major in at college, so she asked my advice. I told her the one thing I wish that I had been told at her age: "Find a career that you love and you will never work a day." She caught me off guard, though, when...
My parents came from diverse religious backgrounds in their families. They did not begin serving the Lord until I was about 7; after that, it was the most integral part of our family life. Some of my earliest memories were from home prayer meetings that were held in a...
With eyes being held open with toothpicks at 4 a.m., I picked up my Bible and my devotional book. I was instantly wide awake: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness." (Jer 31:3 NIV)What does this mean? Simply that God loves...
While exploring Nassau, Bahamas, we discovered many abandoned, boarded up homes. What used to be comfortable living quarters were transformed into something undesirable, even to tourists!Life is often like these uninhabitable dwellings. Our lives often seem, at first...
When I was a teenager I was in a group of students who took a trip to Pittsburgh. Being a country boy, I found it exciting just being in such a big city. While most of the students headed for the mall then I decided to tour the streets alone. It was almost...
By this we know love, that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 1 John 3:16It was just a few minutes before 7 a.m. when the 14-year-old girl got on the Yazoo County, Mississippi, school bus and made her way toward the...