For the past few years, I’ve been part of a growing trend – to select one word for the year, rather than set a bunch of resolutions likely doomed to failure. The one word concept works for me. Throughout the year, my word often serves as a little bird that flutters…
Read moreMy Focus Word for 2016 – Courage Each year I pray for the Lord to show me a special character quality I need to work on the most for the coming year. The word courage continues to come through my prayers and bible reading. Some family members and friends believe…
Read moreHaving been raised on the stories of the Old Testament it’s easy to gloss over them, missing the great truths tucked inside, or, worse yet, to read with a rather judgmental attitude and tsk-tsk at the foolish mistakes “those people” made way back then. A wise teacher once encouraged me…
Read moreAs we close out the year, I sit here thinking over the past 364 days: oh the things that have happened; some sad, some happy and some things that I thought would happen – didn’t. So, the calendar moves on and in a few hours we embark on a new…
Read more“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears…
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