Rules provide clarity, guiding us in the right direction. When God gave us the Ten Commandments, I often wish He’d added an addendum: ‘Avoid unwise decisions.’ Of course, what defines an ‘unwise decision’ is subjective.
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If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky. S.E. Hinton Friends till when? When asked if I ever dreamed or thought about
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True friends remind us of the truth in Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV). “Two are better than one … if one falls down, his friend can help him up.” We grieve a loss. A friend stops by
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The last bouquet of red roses is wilted, and Valentine’s Day is in our rearview mirrors. But, I’m still pondering this emotion we call love. The red, purple, and pink decorating the stores causes us
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January is about to slip through our frozen fingers and some of us have still not written down our goals for the year. Then some of us dashed off an ambitious list of resolutions during
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“Play It Again,” captures bittersweet memories and emotions of family and friends who gathered at our house on Friday or Saturday nights. The men played music. Women talked and laughed. We children played outside until
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The world stopped along with my husband’s heart. Yet, love surrounded us through it all. With one voice mail and a call to church, support appeared at the hospital before we arrived. Waiting, praying,
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Faith with feet – faith in action – changes lives, our own and others. On February 9, 2008, Trevor and Crystal Gosser looked forward to the birth of their first child, Kaleb, in seven weeks.
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Do you have many friends? Or are they merely acquaintances? An acquaintance is someone you laugh with; a friend is someone you’ve cried with. Another way to decide if someone is a true friend is
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Friends, family, and lessons in forgiveness are topics that weigh heavily on my heart in these troubled days. A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Contention
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