Who Is My Neighbor?
The following parable is probably the most well known of all parables. To many it is known as the parable of the Good Samaritan. In order to fully understand the impact on the listeners, we…
A New Beginning
People of every kindred and nationality need to have hope set before them at all times, or else they can become despondent. A new president takes office and many people hope that will set our…
Have You Fully Surrendered Your Heart To God?
The apostle Paul writes in Philippians 3:7-10: But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge…
Regret and Dread
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for…
An Old Farmer’s Advice
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled. Do not corner something that you know is…
Inspiring Isn’t A Big Enough Word For This Pony
Meet Molly. She’s a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana. She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned…
When Your Hut’s On Fire
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted,…
Content With God’s Placement in the Body
A king once went into his garden and found everything withered and dying. Speaking to an oak that stood near the gate, he found it was sick of life because it was not tall and…
Silent Answers
Once a young couple lost their only child, a beautiful three-year-old daughter, as a result of a freak accident. Unable to justify this tragedy with their concept of a loving God, they went to their…
Drawing Near To God
I feel so blessed to be able to write for the Amish Voice. I sense that God wanted me to have a part in this and also in a prayer group. I know there are…