Items Tagged with "Barbara Keim"

Springtime Brings New Life

 I am so excited to be writing and sharing my heart with all of you! My hope and prayer is that you will find hope, encouragement, and excitement for life as I share with you.Springtime is my favorite time of the year, maybe because I was born in the spring. Everything is turning green, new lif Read More...

What is Faith? (Part 1)

Through numerous conversations I have had recently my heart has been stirred to see what God has to say about faith. It turns out that without faith it is impossible to please God. The best definition I found that the scriptures give for faith is found in Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of Read More...

What is Faith? (Part 2)

(Romans 1:16, 17) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. In t Read More...

What a Gift We Have in Jesus!

What a blessed time of year we have just come through! There is Thanksgiving with all the family, friends, fun, and of course the food! Then there is Christmas! To a lot of people, Christmas may be just more of the same with the exception of the gifts, but to me Christmas becomes more special and mo Read More...

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 he was a murderer, an adulterer, and he had a son that sought to kill him. These are just a few of the things on King David's list Read More...

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 and the longer I sat I wondered if she was OK. Finally, not really wanting to disturb her but wanting to Read More...

Making Heaven My Future Home

What a wonderful time of year when new life is springing up everywhere. In fact, not only is our family seeing new life all around us, but we also experienced it in our own home. On February 24, 2008 at 3:17 PM Ashlynn Rose was born and added to our family. She has brought much joy to the hearts Read More...

The Greatest Commandment

Matthew 22:34-40 says, But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36MASTER, WHICH IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW? 37Jesus said unto him, Thou shal Read More...

Which One Are You?

In many of Paul's letters he introduces himself as a servant of Jesus Christ and I was curious about the word servant. This is what I discovered. The word servant is defined as someone who willingly chooses to serve his master. I also looked up the opposite of servant and the answer is slave. A slav Read More...

The Time Is Nearing - Are You Ready?

Matthew 25:1-13Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five of them were foolish. Them that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their ve Read More...