"You're blessed when you're content with just who you are-no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought." (Matt 5:5, MSG)So many among us are not satisfied by what we have or who we are; and as life goes on, we...
The story is told of a young orphan girl who when she was 8, was adopted by a very wealthy man.Upon her adoption she was immediately be moved into a modest house with 2 servants who would take care of her basic needs, but the strange thing was she was told that she...
As January, 2011 approached I would tremble wondering where the fees for my students would come from. I had reminded God about it but I seemed not to get anywhere with God on this.As I was waiting I was telling God something like this; “Father, I must admit that I...
Two days after bringing him home, we took our beautiful ten day old adopted son to the best hospital we could find for an examination ordered by our family doctor. Our spirits sank when he told us a day earlier that Daniel had a heart murmur and felt we should get a...
There are few things in this life more difficult to experience than the loss of one's child. Jim Wallis, in WHO SPEAKS FOR GOD tells about a sad and terrifying incident that occurred during the tragic war in Sarajevo not too many years back. A reporter who was...
Fred Craddock and his wife were in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on a short vacation. One night they found a quiet little restaurant where they looked forward to a private meal – just the two of them.While they were waiting for their meal they noticed a distinguished, white-...
When I was a little boy I used to wait for that final bell to ring at the end of the school day. As much as I enjoyed school and being with my friends I always looked forward to getting on that school bus and heading home. Once I got dropped off I would almost...