Happy Mother’s Day… For most of us, those words feel so good to say to our moms or to other women whom we respect and admire. But why, for so many of us, do those words conjure up feelings of…
Mother’s Day Gift
Tag: free will
RESURRECTION the CENTERPIECE
Once back-lit by the sharp noon-day sun the instrument, of both death and salvation, riding the slope of Calvary no longer casting a harsh shadow mark at its foot. Now, and for the last three hours, day is darker than…
The Longings of My Heart
Change is not my friend. I wish I could say I handle the changes in this life with the grace of royalty, but even though the Bible says that I am a member of the royal priesthood, there is nothing…
Journey through Jeremiah: Predestination (Part 2)
Scripture tells us that our Creator has a plan for all of mankind, and that as believers, He has predestined us to belong to Him. It also tells us that we come to Him out of our own free will. …
Journey through Jeremiah: Predestination (Part 1)
We’re taking a little detour now through some less-traveled territory. Anyone who has hiked with me knows that I have an insatiable desire to see what is over the next hill—especially when I know what is coming up ahead. While…