Have you noticed how help is often available just when you need it? A few years ago, a California artist carved a unique Christmas gift for his parents in Connecticut. It was a four-foot-tall statue of a hitchhiker, with thumb extended. (The perfect gift for the...
I love old film comedy classics. In particular Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton and others like them.I happened to catch one of my favorite movies featuring Laurel and Hardy, titled "Way out West." It makes me laugh every time I see it.I realized...
"If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you'll be at rest."What better person to pen these words than Corrie ten Boom since she was a survivor of World War II Nazi death camps. Her family...
This life is so full of beautiful moments. All you have to do is open your eyes and your heart to see them. I saw one just the other day. The local elementary school had just let out and I found myself behind a school bus as I was driving home. The bus stopped by a...
Matthew 15:31 – The crowd was amazed! Those who hadn't been able to speak were talking, the crippled were made well, the lame were walking, and the blind could see again! And they praised the God of Israel. (NLT)I was told by medical personnel not to be surprised...
"... I have chosen you and not cast you off"; fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:9b-10Around 1932 a minister was traveling across the...
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt 11:28)I learned an important lesson last week.Two years ago, I got aboard God's train. My path had led me down into the valley of cancer, and I knew there was no way in the world I...