When I was a teenager, our family adopted a little dog someone had dumped on our country road. One morning we offered him leftover biscuits. He took one look, scooped them in his mouth, walked around the house, dug a hole, and promptly buried the food. Even though those biscuits … Continue reading →
Jesus told us to go and tell and make disciples. The world needs to know about Jesus. They need to know of The One who quiets the storms, who can do all things, who loves with an unfailing love, who promises to wipe away ever tear, who will never leave, … Continue reading →
When a person works in a coal mine, they dig out what they find in the earth, and coal dust covers their bodies. If you stood outside a mine at quitting time, it would be very obvious who had worked in the shaft. Every step the workers took, everything they … Continue reading →
John Harper, a widower and preacher, was aboard the Titanic in 1912 when an iceberg scraped and ripped open the ship’s hull. John was traveling with his six-year-old daughter and his relative, Jessie Leitch. He quickly got Jessie and his daughter on a lifeboat while shipmates assured everyone the Titanic couldn’t … Continue reading →
In our world, numbers gauge success, yet with God one matters. Your one soul mattered so much to God that He sent His one and only Son (John 3:16). There is one God and one Savior (1 Corinthians 8:6). Jesus is the one who will save (1 John 4:14, Romans … Continue reading →
You are the light of the world… let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:14-16). Are the words we use, the things we share in person and on social media, are they shining the light of Christ? … Continue reading →
Day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year, she wrote a message of love, carefully tucked her note into a bottle and placed it in the ocean. As the waves carried her message away, she hoped and prayed that one day the bottle would be … Continue reading →
