My heart is very heavy today.

One of my dearest friends found out this week that she has invasive metastatic breast cancer that has spread to several areas in her body, some of which are potentially life threatening.

This woman just graduated her youngest of four children from their home school. Her husband, an elder in our church, loves her, as do her children, her grandchild, and many others. She has another grandbaby due any time now.

She has been a friend of mine for many years. We have served our church side by side, raised our children together, taught and attended Bible studies together, held each other accountable, and encouraged each other through a large part of our adult lives.
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I have struggled with being late my entire life! I thought I was doing better, but then it happened again this last weekend. Ugh!

For those of you who don’t have a problem in this area, please keep reading, because maybe you’ll come to understand the rest of us better and gain a little more patience (which is a good quality to possess, right?).

You see, I don’t set out to be late. I’ve heard it said that people who are late are selfish, inconsiderate of others’ time, and rude. Truthfully, I don’t set out to be these things. It just happens!

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Last week I mentioned how much a Bible study with good teaching and accountability has helped me. I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t talk about other ways to get into the Word and get the Word into us.

Some time ago someone shared the above illustration with me. I think it’s a good an applicable illustration. Each activity is represented by a finger on your hand:Continue Reading

Have you ever gone through a time when you felt that God was far away, that He wasn’t involved in your life?

I believe that as a Christian if we are feeling far from God, the problem could be that we are giving more weight to our feelings rather than the Word of God, for God says clearly, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5) Or perhaps, we should examine ourselves, to see if maybe we’re the ones who have moved away.Continue Reading