Making my blog a witness for the Lord My blog has been active for almost three years. The first year and a half I barely used it. The task of setting up a blog overwhelmed me. I wrote more consistently after that, but toward the end of the summer I dropped it for awhile. My…
Forgiveness begins with Family It took a long time to understand what forgiveness truly means. For a long time, the true meaning of forgiveness has eluded me. The dictionary gives the meaning of forgiveness as “the act of forgiving”. Really helpful, right? Not really. Growing up I had learned all about how God…
Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 In some of my previous…
When I wrote my last post, it was meant to be a standalone post. But since writing it another family member has taken the journey to heaven, so I thought that I would write a follow up.
We called her AB the baby. During my fourth grade music class on March 29, 1982, I received word that my mom had gone to the hospital to have a baby. My baby sister, Amanda, came into this world at 3:50 pm on a Monday afternoon. She was a beautiful baby, and I loved her…
In the years after my divorce, I learned a great deal about God’s grace. He kept me in a home with food and clothing. He provided a strong support system around me with new friends and my church home. A couple of families adopted me into their fold so that I would have a family…
In part one of this series I discussed the saving grace of God. That grace that changes my eternal destination from hell to heaven. Saving grace is a gift, one that I cannot ever earn. If I was able to earn it, it would no longer be grace. I grew up in a Christian home…
