Fire has a way of destroying everything in its path. Think about the fierce forest fires that swept through California. Acres of trees destroyed with nothing left behind except ashes–ashes that serve to remind us of the beauty that was once there. Whenever a fire strikes, you can be sure ...
Read More »I Just Want To End It All
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. And the keeper of ...
Read More »The 5 Stages of Grief
Losing someone you love is difficult to go through. There is a grief and emotional process that happens when a death or some type of loss occurs. The 5 stages of grief was first coined by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. The 5 stages are not meant to be worked through and checked-off, ...
Read More »What Not to Say to a Couple Struggling with Infertility
About 10% of couples will experience infertility. According to Alice Domar, Ph.D., Director of the Behavioral Medicine Program for Infertility in New England stated, “The depression and anxiety experienced by infertile women are equivalent to that in women suffering from a terminal illness.” Spouses grieve differently. In a study conducted ...
Read More »Is your life less than picture-perfect?
Are you disappointed in the snapshots of your life today? Are your pictures less than perfect–marred with disappointments or grief? Perhaps you have not yet found that one true love–or one you loved has left or died? Maybe your home no longer resonates with laughter and dreams or the work ...
Read More »
The Bottom Line, Ministries Christian News, Articles, & Poetry