by lijadmin | Oct 9, 2019 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
This year I turned sixty. Sixty! It is hard to get my head around that number. “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 As a rule, I don’t like birthdays. The reasons have been as varied as the number of birthdays I have...
by lijadmin | Sep 30, 2019 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Event, Lean Into Jesus Ministry News
I hope that everyone reading this post knows that our Lean Into Jesus Ministries team is preparing for the 2020 Conference “Willing.” We are organizing, planning, praying and pouring our energy into a one-day event that will encourage all who attend. We had a...
by lijadmin | Sep 24, 2019 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
“One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.” Proverbs 12:26 The people around you have a profound effect on you. All my life, I have heard clichés of truth such as: “Garbage in leads to garbage out.” “What comes out...
by lijadmin | Sep 13, 2019 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Three funerals in twelve days! A sixty-two-year-old lifelong childhood friend, a fifty-year-old lady that was my dear cousin, and a beautiful nineteen-year-old girl that had attended my church for the last six years. As I thought about these three beautiful souls, I...
by lijadmin | Sep 10, 2019 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Amused, I watched my garbage can dangle mid-air along the side of the noisy garbage truck as it traversed the highway on its way to the next stop. The bright blue receptacle had a large gash that caught on one of the loading arms. The driver valiantly tried to release...
