I want to share a life experience with you. Something I learned while washing chicken at my kitchen sink. This is not a Christmas devotion….but it is about thankfulness. Something we all think about during the holiday season that stretches from Thanksgiving to the New Year. About 18 years ago…
Read moreThen Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man…
Read moreThe toy store shelves are stocked with toys. Toy commercials are filling the television screen, as are the flyer’s filling our mailboxes. A huge reminder not to forget the requests that have been “hinted” at throughout the year. Actually, two of my grandsons don’t normally “request” things from TV or…
Read moreIt is so easy, almost effortless to stand firm, to trust in God when everything is going well. It is easy to have faith when before you even finish praying your answer is at the door. However, how do you hold on to hope when it seems as if the…
Read moreAs I sat down to eat breakfast this morning, I somehow got the feeling that I was forgetting something. I’d spent my usual quiet time with God and pondered what to write on my own blog this morning. Then I thought to myself: “What day is this? the 22nd? the 23rd?”. I checked my calendar, verified the date…
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