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I was visiting a friend recently when I got to see something special. Now, my friend lives on a small farm several miles down an old country lane. It is far from the street lights and business lights of the cities, towns, and suburbs. When darkness fell then he led me...
"For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling." (2Cor 5:2, NET) I love sunrises. I always have ever since I was a little boy. There is something so wonderful about walking outside at the break of dawn and seeing that glorious...
"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" (Ps 46:10) I find myself using the mute button on my remote control more and more these days. There is just so much on television right now that I don’t want to...
I got my second picture of the little girl that I sponsor overseas the other day. It made me smile from ear to ear when I saw it. Over the years I have sponsored several children through the organization, Children International, and I have always been amazed at the...
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) What’s it going to take to change this world?" That is a question that has troubled mankind for centuries. While...
147 years ago today, April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot at The Ford Theater in Washington D.C. This occured just 5 days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulyssis S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. The...
"For My people have committed two evils; They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water." (Jeremiah 2:13 NKJV) God is the fountain or spring of living water. Here in the mountains of Northeast...
"Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." (John 1:3) Sometimes when hiking we look for a trail that leads to a waterfall. I've loved each of the few we've ever seen. A trickling peaceful waterfall, tumbling down slippery...
"He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out...He goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice." (John 10:3-4) We were sitting around rehashing football games, slumber parties, teachers, and who went steady with whom. Yup, we were...
"Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony." (Colossians 3:14) One thing is the same in any language, a smile. Much can be communicated by a smile: a greeting, acceptance, thanks, gratitude. Tears, also, are the same in any...
Today we come to the end of our series on The Lord's Prayer. This will be our surrender to our King. We will denounce any praise that comes our way as we point to the one true God as the author of all good things and deserving of any and all honor and glory and...
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...
One year, about four years ago, my boys and I planned a very special gift for my husband. It was meant to be a gift that he would never, ever forget, one that would be a "giving" gift. We choose a beautiful Ragdoll kitten. My husband dubbed her "Roxy", and she has...