by lijadmin | Dec 31, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
I find it hard to believe another celebration of our Savior’s birth has come and gone for 2023, and we head into another new year! I love the Christmas story! I never get tired of hearing it. I reflected on the part where Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem to...
by lijadmin | Dec 24, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Babies exit the womb as tiny, wadded-up miracles of hope. They stretch, kick, and come clothed in wrinkles. Some enter the world with a resounding battle cry, ready to take on the world. Others must work up a good, attention-getting caterwaul. Yet, within each...
by lijadmin | Dec 17, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
During the holidays, my sweet, nostalgic, romantic husband, Larry, loves to watch Hallmark Christmas movies. Of the two of us, I’ll have to say he’s the most nostalgic. He loves to remember a simpler time; he especially cherishes those moments on a...
by lijadmin | Dec 10, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
I was walking and praying one night, and I saw cracks in concrete. Some places were small, some were larger, and some had developed into holes. As I walked and prayed, I was reminded of the Armor of God in Ephesians 6:10-18. I thought of times that I have had cracks...
by lijadmin | Dec 3, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
“Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.” (Revelation 19:6 ESV) Hallelujah! Ya’ll...
by lijadmin | Nov 26, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Psalms 100:4 (KJV) In the spring of 2007, I got an invitation to attend a 72-hour spiritual retreat. It took a small army to make this...
