Country life is a peaceful life. Watching the wind sway through the many trees gives me peace. It’s relaxing to watch the birds foraging and building their nests. Sitting on our back deck there is calm looking out at the view of green rolling hills, budding trees, and sometimes wildlife in the distance. When the weather permits, you’ll find me here, taking in the peaceful external life. But there are times I sit on that deck, in the quiet while taking in the beautiful landscape and my insides 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
Book Review: Lazarus Awakening-Joanna Weaver
What can the story of Lazarus in the Bible teach us? Basically, all we know is he was sick, died and came back to life. I wondered what I could possibly learn from Lazarus. Joanna helps us in her book, Lazarus Awakening, using the life of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, to get the truth of God’s love from our head to our heart. Each chapter is based on a segment of Lazarus’s story. For example, Chapter 6, Roll Away the Stone, is about some of the boulders in our life. And Chapter 7, When Loves Continue Reading