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God Has a Plan

April 12, 2017 Leave a comment

<img width="400" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/candle-2038736__340.jpg?resize=400%2C280&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/candle-2038736__340.jpg?resize=400%2C280&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/candle-2038736__340.jpg?resize=100%2C70&ssl=1 100w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-attachment-id="5660" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/god-has-a-plan/candle-2038736__340/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/candle-2038736__340.jpg?fit=509%2C340&ssl=1" data-orig-size="509,340" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"","camera":"ILCE-6000","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.1","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="candle-2038736__340" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>As long as we still have the light of life, God has a purpose for our life</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/candle-2038736__340.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/candle-2038736__340.jpg?fit=509%2C340&ssl=1" />

I recently overheard a conversation in which the person said, “I’m ready to die. I want to see Jesus.” My heart broke for this individual, but as I listened I discovered the individual was in so much physical pain that she was willing herself to give up. Thankfully, she was talking with a […]

Are you ready?

March 1, 2017 Leave a comment

<img width="400" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stairs-735995__340.jpg?resize=400%2C280&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stairs-735995__340.jpg?resize=400%2C280&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stairs-735995__340.jpg?resize=100%2C70&ssl=1 100w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-attachment-id="5421" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/are-you-ready/stairs-735995__340/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stairs-735995__340.jpg?fit=604%2C340&ssl=1" data-orig-size="604,340" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="stairs-735995__340" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Where will you spend eternity?</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stairs-735995__340.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stairs-735995__340.jpg?fit=604%2C340&ssl=1" />

I recently had a resident ask me “Are you ready? Do you know where you’re going?” I was able to answer emphatically yes to both questions. Not that I’m getting a bus up anytime soon. However, the unexpected deaths of some of our celebrities throughout the end of last year was enough to really make you think. These were men […]

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God Has a Plan

Are you ready?