Once dissatisfied, it won’t be long before you make arrangements for your funeral. One morning a king went into his garden and found everything withered and dying. He asked an oak which stood near the gate what the problem was. The large tree... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“Everyone cannot soar like an eagle. Yet even the majestic eagle cannot run like a lion or swim like a dolphin. Each has his place on God’s great Earth.†These words motivated one young, ambitious duck to find his place in the world and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Have you ever been lost in a grocery store as a child? I’ll never forget the time this happened to me. I was so scared that I ran around the store until I found my mother. Then I discovered that I had found the wrong woman. The other woman... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
When the heat becomes unbearable, remember your Refiner is standing by the furnace. In Biblical times, metal was purified by being placed in a clay crucible and then stuck inside a furnace until it melted. Once the metal had melted, the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
She must have wondered, why me? Mary was no more than 18 years old, possibly even as young as 13, but God chose her to be the mother of the Messiah. She didn’t know why she had been selected among the tens of thousands of Hebrew girls in... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
A world-famous scientist has spoken. It must be true then, right? Not necessarily. Richard Dawkins, the famous atheistic, English scientist, said when a person dies, their brain rots and that is the end of their existence. But there is a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Six words made a difference in the ultimate outcome of Peter’s failure. Six words kept him from falling victim to the devil. Six words picked him up and set him back on his feet. Six words wiped the soil of shame and guilt from his face. Six... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
I knew I shouldn’t have let him do it, and I came to regret it for at least a week. My muscular, 300-lb. friend had just leveled me with a body slam. I felt like the peanut on the railroad track which had been hit as Engine #10 came around... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
God always answers prayer. He just might not respond as we think He should. A family of four needed to replace their car. Together, they set a price ceiling and prayed about their specific need. After finding a car they liked, the husband... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
We human beings have a skewed view of justice: A man steals $10,000 and spends it. He is caught and punished as a thief, but full restitution is not made to the man from whom the money was stolen. The victim of theft suffers loss, while the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
