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Why do we look behind and long for what we had yesterday to come back? We wish we could roll back time and go back to days where life was easier. Have you done that? God knows we all do at times. "Okay, here's another box full of VHS tapes," Jessica said. She's my...
"In everything give thanks." (1 Thessalonians 5:18) The ordinary, ho-hum everyday, something that's so easy to take for granted. Mountain-top experiences are wonderful but life is lived in the plains and valleys. It's practically impossible to overestimate the...
My 14 year-old Golden Retriever is on borrowed time. Having already surpassed the normal lifespan of her breed by at least two years, she continues to do the things that she has always loved, including romping in the snow, rolling in the grass, and begging to go for a...
Genesis 19 records the sad story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. We know fromGenesis 18 that the day before, Abraham, concerned for his family in Sodom (seeGen. 19:29), interceded with the Lord on behalf of the city, and in the end, the Lord promised: "For...
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in...
Are you feeling overwhelmed today? David knew what that felt like. He lived much of his life in hiding, even going to live with the enemy because of fear of what Saul would do to him, and in the Psalms, we see him even admitting this: "...when my heart is...
"You know old Jonamiah up there on the hill? I hear tell he's going to give everything away and go into one of those retirement places, some really up-market place." "Yeah? Really? He's loaded. What's he going to do with everything?" "Give it away, I hear. He's got...
I'm not superstitious. Friday the 13th means absolutely nothing to me, and if it weren't for the people surrounding me at work, it would likely go by without me even thinking about it. In fact, some years ago I wrote a piece entitled "Thursday the 12th" in which I...
The Apostle Paul wrote: "You, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap of the olive root..." (Romans 11:17 NIV) Oh, my apple trees! Their delicate pink and white, curled-up, wee buds are opening in the...
Sometimes God has a message for us in the oddest ways and even in the silliest situations. I pulled away from my computer and turned to hubby. "Listen to this story," I said. A baby camel looked up to his mother, "Mommy, why do we have these long eyelashes, these big...
"The Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good and leads you along the paths you should follow." (Isaiah 48:17) The guide book said it was an easy hike around the lake, where the flat path hugged the...
Hubby and I agreed to get a brief video done. So I reached for my purse. "Wait a minute," I said, "let me put on some lipstick before you begin. Why can't I toss vanity out the window? But dare I say that we all have a trace of that from time to time. Some of us are...
I am a beggar at your door the steps rising before my hesitant feet I can hear the sounds within your kingdom drawing me, despite my lack of confidence. My feet unclean, I could wipe them more than once and they would still not shed the grime. So I turn and sit at the...