Saying Goodbye

Saying Goodbye

I always said that Toby adopted us.  It was two weeks after my first Chihuahua, Chipper, had passed away at 14.  (I had had him since I was six-years-old.)  I had decided that I would wait before getting another dog.  I already had a chocolate Lab.  One Saturday my family and I were going to Louisiana to see my grandmother.  My dad made a pit stop at a rundown shack-of-a-home...

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Hezekiah

Hezekiah

Hezekiah was only 25 years old when he became king of Judah.  His first priority was to repair the temple and reestablish worship, helping the people reconnect with God.  In 2 Kings, we're told that "Hezekiah trusted the Lord, the God of Israel.  There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him...And...

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Ezekiel & The Valley of Dry Bones

Ezekiel & The Valley of Dry Bones

"Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord arises upon you.  See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord arises upon you and his glory appears over you.  Nations will come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn."  Isaiah 60:1-3, NIV C.S. Lewis once wrote, "If you read history you will find that Christians...

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Prayer for Our Country

Prayer for Our Country

Lord, please guide the head of our nation in the way You would have him go.  Give him spiritual, physical and mental strength to fulfill his responsibilities.  Please give him the courage to stand up for his convictions.  Give him patience and peace to endure the pressures of his job.  Please help him to be resolute and determined to do what is right.  Grant him wisdom...

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Easter

Easter

“Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.  For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.”  Luke 18:31-33Had...

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Let Them Come To Me

Let Them Come To Me

"But Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for such is the kingdom of heaven.'"  Matthew 19:14 NKJV If I know anything today, its that this world sure can give me a headache!  I read an article this morning on a Christian news site about a Christian pharmacist from Walgreen's was terminated because he refused to sell the "morning after" pill to a...

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Grace & Harmony

Grace & Harmony

I awoke to the bright sunlight shining through my bedroom window.  Despite the chocolate-colored curtains and the fact that it was late January, the light was brilliant.  Never mind that it a chilly Arkansas morning.  It felt like spring.  With a dog nestled under my arm, my husband beside me and a cat meowing in the kitchen, I was focused on my day dreams of what was going...

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