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At Easter time, the story of Jesus is so special, especially when put to song in such a beautiful way by Carroll Roberson below. One pair of hands formed the mountainsOne pair of hands formed the seaOne pair of hands made the sun and the moonEvery bird, every flower, every …

By Pete Barkelew This could have been an extremely “heart wrenching story.” In hopes of encouraging people to come to the aid of those who may loose or have lost their precious pet, I’m writing about what happened to our Josie. Josie just 6 weeks old On May 30, 2019, …

By Henry Van Dyke I am standing upon the seashore.A ship, at my side, spreads her white sailsto the moving breezeand starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until, at length,she hangs like a speck of white cloudjust where …

“Every minute someone leaves this world behind. We are all in “the line” without knowing it. We never know how many people are before us. We can not move to the back of the line.We can not step out of the line.We can not avoid the line.So while we wait …

A True Story by Jaye Lewis – used with permission We prowled through the second hand bookstore, the day after Christmas, just my husband, Louie, our daughters, Jenny and Helen, and me. This was a precious time for us, because we would be splitting up as a family, again, in …

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked …

By Jane Eggleston  Sometimes life seems hard to bear,Full of sorrow, trouble and woeIt’s then I have to rememberThat it’s in the valleys I grow.  If I always stayed on the mountain topAnd never experienced pain,I would never appreciate God’s loveAnd would be living in vain.  I have so much …

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.  As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that …

It was a cold winter’s day that Sunday. The parking lot to the church was filling up quickly. I noticed as I got out of my car that fellow church members were whispering among themselves as they walked to the church.  As I got closer I saw a man leaned …

Sometimes we wonder, “What did I do to deserve this?” or “Why did God have to do this to me?”  Here is a wonderful explanation!  A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she’s failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is …