What do they see?

Today my daughter Leah sent me a note over this saying: “Thought of ya’ll when I read this…” Precious Time The picture is still clear. My dad sitting in his chair. The soft glow of the lamp shinning on him. His eyes closed in prayer, his bible open on his lap, the coffee cup on the stand. This is what I saw every morning. Every morning from the time I can remember. He is still doing this. When my children stay at Hawpaw and Mamaw’s house this is what they see when they wake up. Time with the Lord. Precious time. This is what I want my kids to remember. I want them to see that time with the Lord is most important. Not computers, not TV, not the phone. “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to...

Positive Affirmation of Truth!

“I shall rise from the dead….I shall see the Son of God, the Sun of Glory, and shine myself as that sun shines. I shall be united to the Ancient of Days, to God Himself, who had no morning, never began… No man ever saw God and lived. And yet, I shall not live until I see God, and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.” John Donne What a profound truth and beautiful affirmation! Is it yours? It can be. Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life, and no one can affirm this truth apart from Him, but all who come to Him will be given Truth and know it, and never sent away! If this Truth is yours share it with someone...

A Thought for Each Day

As you go about our Father’s business today remember this “It matters not if the world has heard, or approves, or understands; the only applause that we’re to seek is the applause of nail-scarred hands.”...

A Babe and A Gift – by Beth Jacobs Speckhard

On Christmas from my first-born: “A babe was born away in a manger, to us He’s our Lord not a myth or a stranger. Why would God visit our sin-riddled earth? Why’d He ordain this miraculous birth? To give us a gift that we never deserved – To show us the way: our life be preserved. He taught us to love, and how to forgive – He laid down His life that all may yet live. We love Him, we know Him, and yet we still fall – Only in Christ have we strength to do all. If gifts were given on account of our merit – a lump of coal is all we’d inherit. It’s dark and its ugly, like parts of our whole – Our anger, our loathing, a black lump of coal. Oh how they sting our sins ‘gainst each other – Parent and child – brother and...