"The good Lord must know when I'm out of my comfort zone," says Marlene Creech who lives on a pension, "because that's when interesting things happen!" One day Marlene could not get on line. Her computer kept flashing the message that her dial-up server was down....
2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due to him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. (NIV)It began with a typical Sunday afternoon in 1959 when I was 12 years old. We...
Their faces all blur together…I see her when I look in the mirror tonight…the girl who has lost all hope...her dark eyes haunt my thoughts, what can I say Lord? How can I bring her hope?I see him when I wake up in the middle of the night. I wonder if he is awake and...
Exodus 4:13 - But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it." (NIV)One of my dachshunds has a special gift. Hoss is a goat herder. With his extremely short legs, long body, and the typically large head of the wire-haired variety, people often find Hoss's...
Matthew 25:35-36 - For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited Me in; naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me. (NASB)At the...
We had been blessed with sunshine as we visited Saltzburg, but while we were in Hohensalzburg, the mighty fortress that towers above the city, something happened to our sun. Instead of the bright orange orb in the sky, we were greeted by menacing, cumulous clouds.We...
Circumstance can either bring waves of great tidings of hordes of utter misery and despair. But because it tends to bring us more bad news than good, if left to its mercy, we would end up desperate and hopeless. If properly addressed however, circumstance can be used...