Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. –2 CORINTHIANS 4:17 Sickness. Poverty. Pain. Struggle. Temptation. mptiness. Lonliness. Hopelessness. Loss. Death. Mourning. All light affliction? Paul, who had been stoned, jailed, and beaten, wrote these words to…
Read morePride over the potty? Yeah, it’s possible. But let me explain. I have been a Mom for a long time, now. Nearly 17 years. There are certain things that I have “down pat” by now. Or should have, right? You know, the Mommy basics. Important things such as: Table manners,…
Read more“And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.” Luke 11:2 (ESV) I think in today’s fast-passed world we forget how to communicate well with each other. Even when it comes to prayer. We become discouraged when God doesn’t answer our prayers…
Read moreIsaiah 66:2b (New Living Translation) “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word.†I live with a 91-year-old man. He is overweight and sits with his legs apart so his belly can hang between them. He has bad breath, feeble legs, and a…
Read moreBelow: Mt Gerizoim and Mt Ebal courtesy of Bibleplaces.com Deuteronomy 30: 11-19 11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get…
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