We are special creations of God as described in Psalm 139:13-16. These verses say that God formed our “inward parts” and wove us in our “mother’s womb.” It goes on to say that we were “skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth.” Verse 16 adds this: “Thine eyes have ...
Read More »Teen Suicide: Who Can Rescue Them?
Headlines today have too many stories of teens committing suicide or attempting to. Just this week I read another story about Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston’s daughter, being found unconscious, face down in a bath tub. Authorities in the case have stated that it was due to a drug overdose and now she is ...
Read More »Behind Closed Doors
I remember the popular tune from my childhood. I can still hum that melody in my mind that played on the radio so often, though I didn’t understand its meaning:“Oh, No One Knows What Goes On Behind Closed Doors…”. Charlie Rich sang this popular song, included on his 1973 album ...
Read More »Managing Our Anger
Everyone struggles with getting hot under the collar. Anger is part of being human. We all have triggers that set us off and make us angry. We don’t have to work on not getting angry, we have to work on managing our anger instead of it managing us. What matters ...
Read More »Our Hope: “Peace, Be Still!”
“Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace, be still!’ And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.” (Mark 4:39, NKJV) We all have times when we crave only one thing…peace. Yet it evades us with a passion we cannot imagine. It seems like ...
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