For many years I knew not God. I was fearful of Him and worried about what punishment He would administer if I did something wrong, or if I sinned or made Him angry. I was not at all sure there was a God. But if there were, I certainly did not want to irritate Him and...
"For HE said, 'I will never leave you or ever forsake you'" Hebrews 13: 5 KJIIV. I, until recently, shared my home with two fur-persons, Bonnie and Clyde. I like cats because they are so independent and still so loving. Bonnie and Clyde were totally different in their...
I was pet sitting my family’s 13 birds while they were on vacation last summer. We had gotten ourselves down to a regular routine, and this one morning, after the ‘out of cage’ period for my little feathered friends, it was, once again, ‘find, sort and return to cage’...
How often haven't we all wished for a crystal ball? Something we could look into to see the future and use as a basis for our decisions? As humans we are often faced with major decisions, and any serious Christian desires to follow God's will. But how can you know...
“If ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7 After serving in our first church for twelve years, God moved us to Eastern North Carolina to serve in a small church in a farming community. We found it...
Have you ever felt forgotten, neglected, unappreciated, or unloved? Haven’t we all? Joseph, a prophet of God, was mistreated by his jealous brothers and just about everybody else he encountered. His brothers sold him as a slave and told their dad he'd been...
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matt 6:26-27 NIV) I can remember the first problem I ever encountered as a boy. I had a loose tooth that...
"In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe." (Heb 1:1-2 NIV) Last week, in God...
In God Speaks, Parts 1, I began the story of how God worked in me and in my family to help us know that homeschooling was His will for my boys. The story continued in God Speaks, Part 2, when God told us we needed to STOP homeschooling! Throughout all of this, God...
Over the past few weeks, we have learned many important aspects of developing and nurturing a relationship with God. We've learned that God plays the major roll in the relationship, but that we also have a part to play. We've learned how much God desires to be with...