Have you ever had an exhilarating day and then received a phone call concerning your mom or dad that changed everything? This happens more and more when your birthdays surpass the fifty-year mark, and your parent’s health begins to weaken.
My mother always suffered from mental and physical illnesses, so I never saw her as invincible only frail. On the other hand, as a teenager, I never thought about my dad’s health until he had a heart attack at the age of fifty-five. continue reading
The miracle of birth has touched everyone, even Jesus. We all come into this world from a mother’s womb. Some of us are primarily raised by the one who birthed us, and some of us have come to know the bond between our heart and a woman who loves and nurtures us as our mother. God decided to bless me with four mothers in my life:
These three words make it possible for whosoever believes and accepts Jesus as their Savior, to have a new heart, mind, and life. Only the promise of God and the sacrifice of Jesus made it possible for the spirit of Jesus to live in us and transform us.
Have you ever wondered if Jesus knew how his life would unfold once he started sharing the gospel? From the start people’s ideas of how the Messiah would fulfill scripture was twisted. The Jewish people, God’s chosen people, believed the promised Messiah would come to save them from the oppression of Earthly kings in a military style. They assumed their…
My mom never went to college, but you would never know it from her remarkable vocabulary. She loved words and the power they had to help her escape into a controlled reality or to solve a problem. She endured the shattering words of broken and hurting people as a little girl. As an adult, she loved to find words of…
The birth of Jesus reveals that God knows we are a work in progress. God didn’t send Jesus as a grown man down to earth. Jesus started life just like we did as a helpless dependent infant. What a comfort to know that God understands human nature and the process of growing from infancy to maturity. God protected…
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:13-14 NIV Christmas is the time to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Miracle of Christmas play, by the…
Family comes to mind as the day’s countdown to Christmas. The warmhearted movies and post cards etch a wonderful loving family scene into our hearts. I would venture to say these perfect images rarely if ever meet with our realities especially as we experience more years and the changes they bring. Many of you have family to share the holidays…
“Truly, I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 Yesterday, a young boy in the produce aisle politely asked his Mom for graham crackers. His Mom agreed to pick them up because he’d made a good snack choice. She told him they had twenty aisles to go through…
