Seven-year-old Amelia Earhart could make an adventure out of most any activity. One snowy day, she took her brand-new sled to the top of a hill and dove, belly first, onto it, flying down the incline at high speed. Along came a horse and wagon at just the moment she ...
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You Called–You Are Mine!
“But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.” (Isaiah 43:1) You Called I thought in the cold hard dark beginning, Love was ...
Read More »D Minor Days
It has been said that d minor is the saddest of music chords. Some of the greatest classical composers like Mozart and Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin, composed in d minor. Their music is still played today for its beauty, and perhaps for its ability to touch the human spirit. It ...
Read More »Affirming People is Glorifying God
“Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts. Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.” (1 Chronicles 16:9-10, NIV) “A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his words.” (Proverbs 12:14a, NAS) To affirm ...
Read More »Grace: There is Always Enough!
He was an English police officer in the early 1930’s. One morning as he prepared for a day of work by shaving, he cut himself on his razor. Just a little nick, nothing to worry about. But not long after, a life-threatening infection began to circulate within his body. Imagine ...
Read More »Angel Food and an Attitude
My neighborhood in the 1970’s was like many around the country—filled with local shops owned for generations by neighborhood families. We had a small pharmacy that had assisted those with illness and provided penny candy and small gifts for children for over a century, and the local beauty shop was ...
Read More »The “Altar Call” and “Decisional Evangelism” (part 1)
Is This The “Great Apostasy” The “Altar Call” has been a main stay of the modern day Evangelical evangelistic strategy for as long as anyone can remember. In fact, there are few if any alive today that remembers using any other strategy to lead someone to salvation but by “Accepting ...
Read More »The Tiger Roared Like Never Before
The Tiger Roared Like Never Before On a historic day unlike any other normal Augusta day, After the world’s experts had all long ago agreed, Saying there was no longer any possible way, The Tiger would never again prowl at the Masters! After not hearing his growl, Nor any roar ...
Read More »Trusting When You Are Fearful
My mother’s soothing voice was often all I needed as a little girl to calm my childish fears. I have a memory from the age of four when an older neighbor girl told me the story of the “Bogeyman” for the first time, how he came into houses in the ...
Read More »Being Delivered from Depression and Lies
Everything is possible with God. I prayed with my prayer partner this morning with Mom’s in Prayer format (Praise, Confession, Thankfulness, Intercession) and we both were lifted up by God’s grace. The attribute for today is God is truth. During praying time, I listened to what she prayed that God ...
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