Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow Me." John 21:22For several weeks I awoke with heaviness over me. It seemed it did not matter how much I prayed or how much I read the Scriptures. Finally, one night I...
After five long years of college, my dear friend Kathy and I, and our children, Dianna, and Michael, boarded Amtrak, the passenger train, and headed off to Colorado Springs.My parents had so lovingly given me this paid vacation, as a college graduation gift. I looked...
It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and...
To realize the value of ONE YEARAsk a student who has failed his final exam. To realize the value of ONE MONTHAsk a mother who has given birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE WEEKAsk an editor of a weekly newspaper. To realize the value of ONE DAYAsk...
An old story tells of an unhappy and discontented stonecutter. He one day came upon a merchant and was awe-struck by all of the marvelous goods the man had for sale. "I wish I were a merchant," said the stonecutter and, quite amazingly, his wish was granted.Not long...
Do you remember the stuff you used to write with on the slate at school? Chalk. These days' students use biro, felt pens and computer keyboards.Have you ever been to the south coast of England? If not you may have seen pictures of it or can remember the wartime song...
"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs." -Malcolm ForbesDiamonds were at one time just chunks of coal. Both are made strictly of carbon. Isn't it amazing that God would engineer something so wonderful as that? He planned for something...