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Take it to Jesus

No matter how great your pain, there will always be One who can empathize. His name is Jesus Christ. No matter your pain, His pain was greater. He bore the physical pain of cruel beatings and death by crucifixion. He bore the emotional anguish of betrayal leading to death, from a close follower and friend. He bore the heartache of watching those he most loved watch helplessly as He suffered. He bore guilt and shame, not just of one person, which is all we will ever bear, bu

With Whom Do You Spend Mother's Day?

With whom do you share Mother's Day With a mother who is here Or a mother now in Heaven Whom to your heart is dear With whom do you share Mother’s Day With children of your own Or with those who through your presence A mother’s heart have known With whom do you share Mothers Day Adoptive and birth mothers too Stepmoms, mentors, aunts, Grandmothers, just to name a few With whom do you share Mother’s Day With a child who writes or phones Or with a child in Heaven Who

Easter The Complete Story

In the beginning, God above Created man, whom He did love Then man sinned, It broke God’s heart Now God and man were far apart God‘s people were slaves to sin, it is true They were actually slaves in Egypt too But God said his people He would save From Egypt and also from death and the grave A Passover meal God’s children prepared A lamb was slain and the firstborn spared Jesus and his friends on Passover night Shared this meal to remember this flight The wine and the bread

Expecting the New Year

The New Year brings things. Things to look forward to. Things to be anxious about. Things to hold fast. Things to surrender. Will we get things in the right categories? For some of us the New Year is invigorating. A fresh start. We feel up to the challenge. For some of us the New Year’s is daunting. Overwhelming. Parts of it, we would rather not walk. The truth is, we do not really know what this new year will bring. Some moments will surprise us in nice ways. Other

Happy Thanksgiving!

When the sun is shining down on me When the forward way is hard to see In the deepest friendships I have known In the times when I feel all alone When I can see things turn out right When I must walk by faith not sight When I don’t have worries to speak of When worries bid me trust His love I thank God for the ways that He Reveals His character to me In ways that just a Father could He reminds me He is kind and good I thank God how through words unspoken I can sense Him in th