Grandma’s Hands
Grandma, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the Porch swing. She didn’t move, just sat with her head down staring at her hands. When I sat down beside her she didn’t acknowledge my presence…
Bitter Or Better: The Simple Truth About Your Joy In Life (Or Lack Of It!)
The toughest, most courageous people in history have been people who in their lives have endured terrible, unfortunate circumstance. I have two friends who are brothers, whose father deserted them when they were young. One…
It Is Written
When we make a major purchase or wish to have something understood properly, we put the words in writing. The spoken word has weight also, but time has a way of causing us to forget…
Dear God, Send Just One More Great Awakening
Well, it happened again. I woke up two hours before it was time to get up this morning. Like so many other mornings, I couldn’t sleep because of my bottomless desire to see revival break…
The Silversmith
Malachi 3:3 says: He (God) shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver… This verse puzzled a young man and he wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. So,…
Be Extraordinary, Not Ordinary
Paul was a man who was used by God to do extraordinary things, but did you know that he did not start out that way? Believe it or not his name was Saul, and he…
Jesus Coming In The Air
You are in your buggy and driving home, thinking about all the things that are going on in your world, when suddenly a sound unlike any you’ve ever heard, fills the air. The sound is…
A Woman After God’s Own Heart?
I have been meditating on what God says about King David. God said that David was a man after God’s own heart. If you do a study of David’s life you will find out that…
Freedom From A Wounded Heart
On January 13-15 the Freedom From a Wounded Heart Seminar was presented in Ohio. Over 120 people participated in the three-evening event. We live in a culture full of wounded people. So many of these…
To Forgive And Forget
Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, 1952 When the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting occurred last year, there was a lot of talk about the…