It's My Turn

Thanks Mamma!  –  As we mature we begin to see our parents through an ever growing gratitude for their sacrifices, wisdom and God-centered influence deposited within us.

A Smile is Understood in Any Language  –  a simple smile often communicates more that words. It doesn’t take much effort at all and the reward is priceless.

When Religion is a Burden  –  Adopting the legal end of religion without the spirit of it is not to be religious at all.

Dreams  –  Everyone needs to have dreams to help us keep trying when we think we have gone as far as we possibly can.

What is it You Really Want?  –  One must make sure that the goal worked so hard for is actually what is desired as the outcome.

Faith, Yes Faith  –  What is Faith? No evidence is necessary for assurance of the substance of the given Word of God.

Two Basic Needs in Life  –  We all have the need to love and to be loved. Unexpressed love will destroy the human being.

Everyone Has Problems  –  Defensiveness in our adversity helps neither our problem nor those who are watching our lives. We must keep our “chips” far away from our shoulders.

The Boy Who Would Write – Determined to become a writer, Charles Dickens kept trying. When no one else believed in him he believed in himself and eventually his dream came to fruition

I Saw God Today – God is found within His creation. He can be seen in all the things done to help another human being. Therefore, we have no excuse not to do so.

Life isn’t easy to assemble. There is no “life assembly manual”. We all have to figure out the way for ourselves.

A Father’s Prayer – The Rev. Don Wildmon shares the tender prayer he penned for his own children.

Dropping out of Sunday School – Each person chooses for himself the course his life will follow. Church, including Sunday School, is not sissy kid-stuff.

Life is never as simple as packing up your troubles and smiling. Help for our problems lies at the feet of Christ.

Capernaum is where Jesus centered His life and began His ministry.

When looking deeply at Christ’s words as He speaks of the beatitudes we see another stark contrast between what is and was in existence and the way in which we need to look at life.

The truth is that we really cannot know for sure which of the sites touted by tradition the actual Mount of Transformation is. And it doesn’t really matter. What matters is how highly exalted does the heart of a man hold the Christ.

In the feeding of the five-thousand men, as well as the women and children we see a great truth; little is much in the hands of Christ.

Nazareth’s reputation wasn’t much among the cities of Judea until Jesus Christ put it on the map.

The thrill of life is not in the achieving of the goal. The trill is in the working toward the goal. Overcoming the obstacles is where one finds true success.