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...
by lijadmin | Apr 28, 2024 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Difficult people are all around us. The coworker who is willing to do anything to get ahead. The family members who always seem to be critiquing your parenting skills and offering “suggestions” for improvement. The child who knows exactly how to push your...
