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When my children were babies I spent many hours feeding them, changing them, bathing them, and dressing them. Yet, all of these hours combined are probably still less than the time I spent trying to make them laugh. From tickling toes, to belly blows, to making...
Over the last few months I have once again been reminded of two things: God has a sense of humor and God knows how to heal a hurting heart. It all started a few weeks after the death of our beloved dog, Harley. At the time I was in mourning and had no intention of...
"For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6) During a trip to visit relatives we drove to a house on the edge...
"I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." (Jeremiah 31:25) "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." (1 Chronicles 16:34, Psalm 106:1, Psalm 107:1, Psalm 118:1, Psalm 136:1, Jeremiah 33:11) It is good to take time to "stop and smell...
Like a lot of other people, I have vilified a woman over a long period. Somewhere along the track, she was said to be a really nasty person. A lot of people have talked about her both in print and on radio and I have sat in audiences where she was described as the...
"Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." (1 Corinthians 13:12) “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” In the Disney children's...
I had to get a new pair of eyeglasses recently. Stigmatism had started to mix with my nearsightedness making things a little bit blurry with my old prescription. Also I had to finally give in to another sign of my aging body and get my first pair of bifocals. It has...
"Then the Lord said, 'Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote, Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously...
"Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming." (Matt 25:13 NKJV) My husband's voice sounded strained over the speaker of my cell phone: "We need to live every day as if it's the last one before we leave for Europe." I...
After having gleaned lessons from the "Negative events" of two action packed Books of Joshua and Acts in the previous part of the Series, today in the concluding part of the same we come back to the positive lessons to be learnt from these two glorious Books......
On a war memorial in a small country town there are two names that are dear to me. They are the names of my brothers and there is a small cross beside one of the names. The names have been there for a number of years but today, when all our values and ideals are being...
"He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God." (Mic 6:8, NET) My first born son is mentally handicapped, yet in so many...
Today’s lesson from Christmas Carols takes us to the classic song, "Little Drummer Boy". "The Little Drummer Boy," originally known as "Carol of the Drum," was written by Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. It was recorded in 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers, and was...