(Photo Credit: Shutterstock) I remember vaguely hearing that the 12 Days of Christmas was a hidden code for Christian teachings. Like most people, I didn’t know the specifics and I decided to take a little time out to learn what it meant. Good old YouTube had a crash...
By M.M. God makes miracles happen.I am 11 and I know I am God’s miracle.And I want to tell everyone, we are all GOD’s miracles! Every single one of us! Everyone has their own miracle story.For me, I could have not survived birth or lived even to take my first...
If you do a Google search for “caterpillar to moth”, there are nearly 150,000 videos. And there are almost half a million videos of caterpillars turning into butterflies! This morning, I watched one of these with two of my kids. As we watched, I was reminded of the...
By Nathan Breland It is said that God works in mysterious ways, and while I don’t want to discredit that perspective at all, I would also like to posit another seemingly contrary idea, that God works in very obvious and blatant ways as well. This concept does not...
I just want to share a link I hope you all will find as inspiring as I have: Simon Cowell’s Top 4 “I Know What I’m Doing” Moments This is Simon Cowell, a well known talent scout and judge on several talent competitions. In this particular video, he would stop a...
By Ken Bates I’ve never seen a golden stairway into the heavens, or radiant angels with impressive wings. No booming voice from the clouds that shook the earth. But I have experienced God; not just conceptually, but real experiences. Many, many times. The glorious...
My dear children, This world is not the world I wished you would have to grow up in. I look to the future, and sometimes it looks so uncertain. I look at what surrounds you, and sometimes I weep. I wish you didn’t have to see and experience what this world is. But,...
We are raising co-creators. So let’s let God’s creativity shine. Parents are such a big part of nurturing this. Parents encouraging creativity is important. Children feeling that their parents believe in them can also be life-changing. There is that adorable scene at...
It’s hard running in the winter, especially living so far up north. It’s cold, and while it never quite snows, it’s always damp, and oh so dark. But he had made a commitment to start running again. The house was frigid. He felt a chill that didn’t quite go away, even...