Does our Almighty Heavenly Father care about all His creatures? Are animals and birds important to Him?When my Siamese cat was barely three weeks old, she was run over by a skateboard. One of the children of the lady who was raising her was practicing his...
Goldilocks was the nickname we gave a runaway teen we found in the woods of a neighborhood park. We soon found out that she was wanted by the police, but not wanted at home.Where did she hope to go? What did she want to do? Who could we get to help her?Where did she...
Awakened by the phone ringing at 11:35 p.m., I fumble for the receiver beside my bed. Who would be calling at this time of night?"Hello," I mumble, my brain barely functioning."Mom, I'm not in jail." The voice at the other end belongs to my 21-year-old daughter,...
I can remember the day my youngest child was born, like it was yesterday. It was December 1988. Times were hard, we had three children, our car was broken down, and there was no money or food. I can still see that one lone can of "Cream Style Corn" sitting on the...
We built a pathway but just off to one side was the tip of a rock deep in the ground. We could not shift it.It looked as though we could not cover it with dirt to level out the ground without making it higher than the pathway. It seemed doomed to remain an obstacle to...
After months of asking, I finally decided to repair the roof on my mother-in-laws patio. We made a material list and my wife came with me to the large hardware and lumber store to buy the supplies.In order to repair the roof I would need two-by-fours about fourteen...
"Jesus said 'I am the real vine' " John 15:1aThe other day I brushed against some poison ivy leaves, and being very allergic to this plant, I checked my skin carefully. I looked for the droplets of moisture that spread the annoying toxin of the plant. I then noticed a...