Tag Archives: peace

“I sank beneath the waves, and death was very near. The waters closed above me; the seaweed wrapped itself around my head.” Jonah 2:5 God had Jonah right where He wanted him … in putrid darkness with nothing but time to think about his decision to run from Him. Jonah ...

They met in 1930 at a Halloween masquerade ball. He was 20 years old and had already been working for the local utility company for four years. She was a 16-year-old high school student, living in a dormitory many miles from her family’s farm. They fell in love and decided ...

The summer skies were blue and cloudless,  sending every neighborhood child outdoors to play. Some were down by the creek catching crawdads while a game of baseball had formed in the quiet street and  a backyard swimming pool was filling up  with laughing teenagers.  That July day was perfect. No ...

I have some vivid memories of our old house: making blanket forts over the dining room table and hiding underneath, playing with my mother’s costume jewelry in my parents’ bedroom when I should have been  napping, and the Christmas season when Santa visited and left a small china cup on ...

It’s fun to dream about what you would do if you had all the money you needed in your bank account.  Imagine having  a billion dollars … it would take you 114 years to spend every cent if you spent $1,000 every day of your life! If you combined the ...