Photo Credit: Gerd Altmann, via Pixabay When you go through difficult times, you learn quickly who your real friends are. Some people press in when you are in pain. They step right over the mess in your living room and bring a casserole dish into your bare kitchen. True friends listen and pray and choose…
Every year when I read the Christmas story, I try to picture what it would have been like to have experienced it first hand. What if I were Mary? Would I have responded with such faith-filled obedience to God’s call? I can’t imagine how emotionally spent Joseph must have felt by the time they arrived…
Photo Credit: J.Holland We purchased a home a few weeks ago. We’d lived in the house for a few years as renters, but now it’s ours. This year, we put a Christmas wreath on the door, and I found a blow up Nativity for our lawn. Now that this is our house, I am “nesting.” …
All of last week, I was looking forward with great anticipation to Friday evening. The Women’s Ministry at my church was hosting a Ladies Christmas Event, and Cheri Keaggy would be leading worship. I love my husband, but sometimes it’s good to get away with the girls. The sanctuary looked spectacular. I plopped down in…
I love watching cheesy Christmas movies on television. One of my all-time favorites is a made for television movie called Comfort and Joy. Have you seen it? In the movie, Jane is a single gal who is moving up the corporate ladder. She is all fun and no play. Then, one day, she is knocked…