Eyes downcast and filled with barely suppressed tears, shoulders stooped as if carrying the weight of the world upon them, mind filled with turmoil and fear. Where are you, God? Do you even care? I am beyond tempted to fear evil – way beyond. I am no longer walking through ...
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Our Hope: The Splendor of Him
With merely a wave of His mighty hand, He paints the sky in glorious colors, as the sun goes down and as it comes up. He whispers to the rose, and she blooms with beauty and grace. He rolls the rivers slowly across the hillsides and farmlands, to water the ...
Read More »Safe In His Keeping
Often, a variety of overused words become quite common, causing them to lose depth and rich meaning. Take for instance ‘kept’. It’s believed we get the word ‘kept’ from an ascended overlook building during the European Middle Ages. Fourteenth century scholars considered ‘the keep’ a necessary stronghold used in wartime ...
Read More »Is The “Prosperity Gospel” Legit?
The “prosperity gospel” is a trend in many churches, especially some of the mega-churches, that suggests a person may become wealthy in one of two ways. The first is strictly through faith in God and His desire to make the individual wealthy. Failure to achieve wealth means you simply didn’t ...
Read More »In-law Dilemma!
Tam-tam-tah-daaah… Tam-tam-tah-daah… “Here comes the bride…here comes the bride.” So sings the familiar tune that ushers in the bride at most weddings. As the bride approaches, the groom waits patiently—sometimes nervously. Nevertheless, the marriage knot is tie thus uniting the two as one. Then the plot thickens. Those two, the ...
Read More »A Day at the Playground
In today’s technology-driven culture, it’s good to unplug and take the kids for an afternoon play date, at the park. Away from the allure of the fantasy worlds programmed into the Wii and X-Box game systems, children still manage to enjoy the simplicities of playground slides, merry-go-rounds, swings and monkey-bars. ...
Read More »Help, My Child Says, “They Are Gay!”
As a Christian parent, hearing those words from your child, “I’m gay,” can be devastating. It can feel like a tsunami, a tornado, and a category 5 hurricane hitting you all at once. Your mind begins swirling around thinking, “Where did I go wrong, did I not raise them ...
Read More »The Power Of Love – Transending Boundaries
Abby and Cherokee. What a team! Their bond was tight. There was a knowing between these two that brought joy to them both and amazement to me. They shared sweet times of bonding that spanned eight wonderful years while grooming, riding, learning, showing, playing chase, and “sitting” (on the ...
Read More »Prayer Warriors-The First Line of Defense
A key component in having a relationship with Christ is obtaining a line of prayerful defense. A sister in the Lord shared with me a great visual of a wagon wheel representing prayer connections and spiritual maturity to people in life. Imagine the spokes of a wagon wheel. We represent ...
Read More »Kids Who Care
Like many boys his age, 9-year-old Hector Montoya of Grand Prairie, Texas, wanted a Playstation 4. He had been able to save $300 from his allowance money when he heard about a fatal house fire. He decided to forfeit his Playstation, in turn spending the money on 100 smoke detectors ...
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