Have you ever looked back at something from childhood and wondered, what in tarnation was I thinking?As children, we had a blast trying to catch enough fireflies to make a night light for our bedrooms using a canning jar. Sometimes though, we used to hold the bug...
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:6 KJV) My grandmother wrote this verse on the cover page of the first Bible that she gave to my father. My father did the same in the first Bible that he gave to me, and I did also in the...
"He has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us." (2 Corinthians 1:22 NLT)They lay alongside the roadside, waiting for a lawnmower to crush them or for some boy to pick...
As far back as I can remember, I wanted to become a teacher. I remember playing with the younger students even when I was in elementary school, and even as young as I was, it made me happy to see how much they liked the extra attention. When I began university, I...
"O love, how deep, how broad, how high, Beyond all thought and fantasy, That God, the Son of God, should take, Our mortal form for mortals' sake!"He sent no angel to our race, Of higher or of lower place, But wore the robe of human frame, And to this world Himself He...
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." (1 Peter 5:7 KJV)The reflection of blue lights flashed in my rear-view mirror. Embarrassed, I pulled over."Ma'am, can you explain why you were speeding?""Officer, I wasn't paying attention."When I got...
"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:15-16 NKJV)"He told them, 'You don't get to know the time. Timing is the Father's business. What you'll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the...