Let's see. The Lord tells us His answers are always "yes", "no", or "Wait". Personally, that last one really gets to me. I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to be like a kid when told to wait. Let me show you how.We have kids. We tell them we will go to the...
A few years ago I tried an experiment with a group of 10-year-olds I was teaching.“You have a choice,” I announced as I held up a bowl of M&M’s. “You can either have a handful of M&M’s right now, or you can each have an entire bag of M&M’s tomorrow.”“Why...
There in early evening in the soft, warm, breath of the dimming sun, I stood alone lost in thoughts of "might-have-beens" and "should-have-dones." Thinking not just of yesterdays long gone, but what I might face in my tomorrows. The sun interrupted by a passing cloud,...
I have a family cruise coming up and my baby sister paid for my flight to Miami and the cruise. I had prayed about new clothes ... not because I don't have clothes but because the last new clothes I had was 2 1/2 years ago and was a gift. It has been some time since I...
I'm just waiting for my home on high, Where we'll live forever and our souls will never die. I can't wait to talk with Moses and those Saints of old, Hand in Hand with Jesus, on those streets of pure gold. This world is filled with sorrow, troubles, and...
"She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes...." --Lord ByronShe is tall and slim…spiritual, funny, irreverent, and serious. With her red-gold hair and her sea-green...
Perhaps you can relate. One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited patiently for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more.After that, he became angry. Seeing one of those photograph booths nearby (the kind...