The day is over. You made it through. The sadness will still linger in the days ahead. Maybe even for weeks. You are not a mother and Mother’s Day is a hard day. My Dad always said to me “One Day At a Time” and there is a lot of truth in that quote. It’s hard to not look into the future when you want something so strongly. It’s sad thinking of a life without children. No birthday parties. No graduation celebrations. No beautiful bride weddings. No grandbabies. I lived with this heartache Continue Reading
Despair Turned to Hope
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Romans 5:3-5 New Living Translation (NLT) September, twenty years ago, a part of me died. This was the month I should be Continue Reading
Is it Worth It to be a Christian?
Today's post is part of my testimony about how God saved and rescued me. Since a young age, I wanted to know more about God and the Bible. I wanted to go to church. My parents took my brother and I to Sunday school and I loved it. My Grandmother was a God fearing woman and a great example to me. I’m thankful for this foundation. I was born into a Christian home, but that didn’t make me a Christian. As a teenager and young adult I searched other religions with a hunger to know truth but I Continue Reading