by lijadmin | Nov 22, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Long before her mother passed it down to her, it belonged to her grandmother. Her fingers softly caressed the edges of the smooth white box. It was the most precious possession she owned. She filled it with a concentrated perfume too expensive to wear a price tag. She...
by lijadmin | Nov 16, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? “By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they carried us away captive required of us a...
by lijadmin | Nov 8, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Fifteen years ago, the Holy Spirit made a deep impression in my spirit with the following passage: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 (KJV) My husband had been in the hospital for the second...
by lijadmin | Nov 1, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
“…take root downward and bear fruit upward” Isaiah 37:31 I enjoyed climbing trees when I was young! I played in the exposed roots of trees and rested under many of them while eating the fruit they produced. A favorite was the apple tree because it was easy to...
by lijadmin | Oct 25, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
What do you do … even when? Throughout this year of chaos from every corner, as horrific as it has been for millions of individuals, countless stories of compassion, selflessness, kindness, and perseverance brightly shine through the dark clouds of pandemic disease,...
by lijadmin | Oct 18, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
I work at a daycare, and the best part of my day is when the kids see their parents in the afternoons. Regardless of how their day went, as soon as they see their mom or dad, their face lights up, their body language changes, and they run to their parent ready for the...
