“Ouch! That hurt me!” said the person who just got their foot stepped on by another person. “It was an accident! I’m sorry!” said the person who caused the pain. Having someone step on your foot accidentally is much different than someone saying hurtful words that injure your confidence, character, and self-esteem. The pain in …
(Reprinted from December 14, 2016) Christmas has always been an exciting time to share gifts and love with family and people you know. As a child, I never knew we were poor; each Christmas, the living room was always bursting with gifts everywhere. Notwithstanding, it was 12 of us plus parents! My mother, Rita Sara …
13Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to …
To the child I could not raise, and instead left behind, I am sorry. This orphaned mindset is not mine and I do not want it anymore. To be seen and not heard is a child’s place but I’ve always been made of this silent, holy glass core. A broken-down cathedral with only the thorns …
II Corinthians 2:9, But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (NIV). Most of us in the body of Christ know that on at least three …
When I was a young lawyer, I represented abused children in the foster care system. Many of these children were the child victims of rape, incest, physical abuse and neglect. One day, I was interviewing my child-client when she started to cry. I asked her, “why are you crying?’ She responded, “People usually don’t ask …
