by lijadmin | Jun 23, 2024 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Under Fire Let’s face it—life is hard! Whether you are 15 or 105, the struggles we all encounter will sometimes be overwhelming. From physical to spiritual, we are not immune from enduring them, but we do have instructions on how to overcome them. Jesus says in John...
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,...
