My husband and I, and our son, and his family, had been invited to our daughter and her husband’s home for Thanksgiving dinner. It has always been a tradition in our family to say grace and state the things we are thankful for as we sit around the Thanksgiving table....
"As long as the earth remains, there will springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night." Genesis 8:22 (NLT)The sun is shining brightly. Soft, gentle winds are blowing through the trees. Tulips are popping out in brilliant reds and yellows....
My friend of 30 years...we have gone though many tough times. His tough times, not so much mine. He had a bad marriage and was unable to forgive his wife. He descended into drugs, spiraling out of control, losing his home, his car, his self-esteem. Several times I...
"The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.'" Psalm 53:1"There is no God," said Janice to her friend Marge. "If there was, my marriage would not have fallen apart, my mother would not have died of cancer last year, and life would not be so difficult." Marge offered...
"Casting all your cares upon Him, for He careth for you." -- 1 Peter 5:7Pain means something is wrong.Let's just get that out there in the open from the beginning. If something hurts, then something is wrong. It's that simple. God didn't design us to hurt.So, when my...
The story is told of a principal of a small middle school who had a problem with a few of the older girls starting to use lipstick. When applying it in the bathroom they would then press their lips to the mirror and leave lip prints.Before it got out of hand he...
“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 4:19)The black flies must have been told in advance that I was on the way, for they had obviously all undergone a three day fast in order to have plenty of room in their...