Faith Blog

I remember being little and wanting to do certain things or go certain places. I would plead my case before my mom or dad constantly until I heard what I wanted to hear. Sometimes it would be something like this. “If you get your closet cleaned out and your room...

Do you ever see the tv commercials that advertise a cleaning product that literally seems like it could do anything? There’s this disastrous burned on, grime filled, grease stained mound on the stovetop and with one spray, it’s gone! All they do is spray and wipe...

Do you ever feel like people are listening to you but they just don’t seem to understand what you’re saying? You are speaking plainly, but they just don’t get it. It’s not because they don’t comprehend what you’re saying. They may not have had the experience you have...

Growing up, I always heard the word “copycat”. If I wanted shoes just like someone else, my mom would say, “You don’t have to be a copycat. Be yourself”. I was wondering about the term, so I looked it up. It originally derived from kittens literally mimicking the...

Every day you and I get the privilege to help build someone up. God gave humans the ability to speak words of wisdom, kindness and encouragement to others. With this ability, comes responsibility. We are not robots. We get to choose what we say and how we say it. This...

Isn’t it nice when you literally have your hands full of groceries, luggage or shopping bags and someone comes along and takes some of your load? You feel lighter immediately. It’s as if you’re more steady and secure. Carrying a heavy load in the natural is one thing,...

I don’t know about you, but I love to snuggle up on the sofa or my chair with a blanket and watch TV with just soft lighting. We don’t use candles very often like they did in the old days before electricity. But, I do love to light a candle. We usually light the...

Some things in life just don’t go your way. This is not always a bad thing. It’s just usually a hurtful thing. It taps into that part of you that says “I really felt like…..(you fill in the blank)”. You have your eyes on what you feel is the prize. You do everything...

Fear is invisible, but be sure it exists in all of our minds from time to time. It starts at an early age. Kids are “afraid” of the dark. The parents know that turning the lights off will not hurt the child, but the child’s countenance changes immediately when they...

Doesn’t it feel good to clean out a messy basement or a closet in your house that seems to be the “catch all”? We’ve all done it. We have an item that we don’t want to throw away but we have no idea what to do with. It goes in the already full junk closet, junk drawer...