by lijadmin | Jun 18, 2024 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
“Today will definitely be an impact day!” The morning news meteorologist wore a serious “game face” and pled to grab viewers’ attention. Tornado season brings its share of severe weather to Alabama, so it is prudent to pay attention to...
by lijadmin | Jun 9, 2024 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Were Adam and Eve created with a starter set of words? As God breathed life into them, did He also breathe a rich, colorful vocabulary that could adequately describe the Tree of Life’s leaves waltzing with the morning breeze? As Adam closed his eyes to recall...
by lijadmin | Jun 2, 2024 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Last weekend, we had the privilege of hosting our friends, Brenda and Bruce’s wedding ceremony in our little garden. It was a perfect, beautiful spring day, with just family and a few close friends attending. What a blessing it was to see two hearts joined...
by lijadmin | May 19, 2024 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
What do we mean when we talk of living a nice, normal life while here on this earth? I have thought about this often in the last weeks as I have traveled to and from UAB Hospital, where my husband has spent weeks recovering from major surgery. He had the left lobe of...
by lijadmin | May 12, 2024 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
At the age of 39, my mother stood beside my father’s casket and prayed, “Give me strength.” A massive heart attack claimed his life at 46 years old. Mother was now a widow and a single parent with three children and a grandbaby to raise. My Dad was a Baptist minister,...
by lijadmin | May 5, 2024 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
I often wonder how I ever got anything done before I retired! I stay so busy now that I cannot imagine working a full-time job in my schedule. So when I was praying about what to write this month, my mind would drift off to the many things I thought I “should” be...
