Luke 24:32 Did you ever feel the Lord so near that there was burning in your heart? We walked along discussing all the prophecies we could remember. The day was warm and dusty and we were glad to find a spring at the side of the road where we could stop for a...
Here in northeast Tennessee there is a tourist attraction named Bristol Caverns. I don't know how long ago they were found and opened for public tours but I went there several times during my elementary school days on field trips. It has the normal stalactites and...
There are some days when you wake up in the morning and open your eyes and think , same old day , same situation , same hurt, same problem , same misery and same difficulties. How many of you have ever felt like this being overwhelmed by the events of our being? A...
"And there was a woman in the crowd who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal from many doctors through the years and had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she was worse. She had heard...
There are things in our memories that time does not erase, they are as strong today as they were when they were laid down. I spoke to someone on her sixtieth wedding anniversary and she said she remembered her vows as though she had taken them this morning. Her...
I remember one of my first desires. It was for a doll I had seen in a Grace Brothers catalogue that came in the mail once or twice a year. It was the perfect doll and it bespoke companionship to an only girl on an isolated farm. My longing for the doll seemed to fall...
Those who taught us to drive warned us all the time to "watch the road". Even though the road into the area is good, wide enough for two-way traffic and fully sealed, there are hills and valleys to negotiate with care. There are adjoining roads that look more...
Years ago there was a small theme park called “The Land of Oz” which was on the side of a mountain owned by the Beech Mountain ski resort in western North Carolina. You would wait outside Aunt Em’s house and when the right number of people had gathered, a girl who...
“'Have faith in God,' Jesus answered. 'I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask...
"Today is the day I have been waiting for," wrote an unknown author. "All my life has been spent in preparation for it. Yesterday and tomorrow are faraway nothings - the one a faint memory, the other a vague promise. But this is my day. It offers all that God has to...