By Lorna Clark “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1Thess. 5:18 This verse got me through that day. My mother had called me as she did most mornings. My daughter, Karisa asked, “Momma, can I talk to Grandma Judy?” “Karisa, quiet please, I’m on the

By Mindy Virgin “He saw that there was no one, and he was appalled that there was no one to intercede.” Isaiah 59:16 I know that Christ Jesus is at the right hand of the Father and is interceding for us (Romans 8:34) and that the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s

By Deborah Wuehler Proverbs 10:26 “As vinegar is to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to the one who sends him.” The more I encouraged one of my sons today, the more cheerful he was as he went about his chores and schoolwork. And, although I encouraged another son equally,

By Michele Howe Ana, mom to Derek, felt her eyes begin to cross. They’d already spent the last forty-five minutes drilling phonic sounds from Derek’s beginning reader. At seven-years-old, Derek still wasn’t grasping even the basics of reading. He wasn’t able to capture the sounds correctly…or if he did, the information was forgotten by the