He came into this world chubby, bald, beautiful, and with the bluest eyes I’d ever seen. After a very difficult delivery, he was born perfectly healthy and we all breathed a sigh of relief. We named him Noah and it seemed to fit.The day after Noah was born, the nurse...
When Dr. Paul White was serving in a bush hospital in East Africa, a schoolteacher named Yamusi Cikata came to him, carried on a stretcher from a nearby village. Parasites and disease had attacked his feet, swelling them to twice their normal size. He was no longer...
God has enlisted us in his navy and placed us on his ship. The boat has one purpose-to carry us safely to the other shore.This is no cruise ship; it's a battleship. We aren't called to a lit, of leisure; we are called to a life of service. Each of us has a different...
Dear Friend,It is important in life that we recognize that we need each other for strength and encouragement. Every believer that is born into the kingdom of God is now called our brother and sister in Christ. When you are sitting in the church pew and you see...
I dreamed I stood in a studioAnd watched two sculptors there.The clay they used was a young child's mindAnd they fashioned it with care. One was a teacher - the tools he usedWere books, music and artThe other, a parent, worked with a guidingHand, and a gentle, loving...
A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the pastor decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason...
"One morning," writes Ron Clarke, "I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather across my back terrace. Several times it was confronted by obstacles in its path and after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour."At one point the ant...
