"My mother was a young girl of 19 when I was born so I was raised by my grandparents in a farming town in North Carolina. I was a fat child, pigeon-toed, and as a result fell down all of the time. 1 also had a speech impediment. When I spoke it sounded like 1 had...
Luke 18vs 1 "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint."The majority of people living in the Shire River Valley in the southern part of Malawi are peasant farmers. The crops they grow are those that resist the hot...
I immediately had reservations I was cut out for such a "preppy" high school, but I had no choice. I was a minor, and my parents made important decisions for me.Fourteen is a challenging time for a young boy. I was coming of age, and within a few years would be able...
It knew better, but it happened anyway.It tried, but it wasn't enough.It is what happens when you run scared and you are not prepared for what may lie ahead.It can happen to the best of us, too.I speak from experience.It was one of those special days. Yes, I know,...
Jeremiah 45:2,5 - Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: "Do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh," says the Lord. "But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever...
By some statistics many who made resolutions for the new year have already failed at some if not all of them.I'm here to remind you that's okay.Failure is an event not a person.We put way too much emphasis on the first day of the new year anyway.As for setting goals,...
When we think of a "battle", we generally think of the use of traditional weapons, such as guns and bombs and knives. Some battles, however, are quite different. Instead of traditional weapons, these battles employ things such as cunning, deception, or even curses to...
