Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Last week, we took a look at the angel appearing to Mary. He told her that the Holy Spirit would come upon her and she would be with child. Mary asked how can this be. After all, she’s only engaged and has never known a man. The angel explains that the Holy Spirit will come upon her. This is followed […]
Read more
I shared the other week that I don’t really care to cook. However, I’m seeing the benefits to eating in and cooking more. I’m definitely a reluctant cook, but have found some tips that work: I’ve found a few solutions that work for me with cooking. Fixing healthy casseroles will last for several meals I can cook meals in the […]
Read more
Christmas day has passed, but not the reason for the season. What if we were to keep the Christmas spirit year round? Christmas is a season of love and giving. Everyone seems to be in better spirits and more willing to lend a helping hand after this time. What if we kept this spirit year round? There are many in […]
Read more
African Americans have a rich musical history through the use of passing down stories in the guise of a song. These songs are called spirituals and the slaves often sung them in the fields, while working and in their celebrations. These songs have a feeling of “incredible majesty and haunting beauty.” Go Tell It on the Mountain originated as a […]
Read more
Mary, How Did You Feel?–Part 1 You were such a young girl When it all began Sprung from such innocence Oh, Mary how did you feel? What was it like to be so young? To become engaged at just fifteen Looking to build a home of your own Oh Mary, how did you feel? Then the […]
Read more
Last week we took a look into the life of Mary. She was preparing for her marriage to a carpenter named Joseph, when an angel appeared to her. So what does the angel have to say? Luke 1:30-33 (ASV) And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive […]
Read more
Christmas brings it’s own temptations with parties, family gatherings and celebrations. However, the most important thing to remember is that Christmas is about family. Yes, we should make healthy choices during the holidays. We don’t want to completely blow our diet. However, Christmas is the time to focus on our family and enjoy the time together. We can resolve not […]
Read more
As we prepare to celebrate Christmas day, how often do we leave Jesus out of the day? The day that we celebrate His birth. After all, Jesus is the Reason for the season. Yet, we often forget to say as much as a Thank You to Him for coming to earth as a baby, living on earth 33 […]
Read more
This is a beautiful Christmas song that Daddy and I performed together many times. The lyrics and music were written by William H. Neidlinger in 1890. No other information is known about this beautiful Christmas carol. The song has been recorded and performed numerous times over the years by various artists. Maybe his work was inspired by the passage in […]
Read more
What would happen if Ebenezer Scrooge were at the birth of Jesus? How would Scrooge be effected by the birth of the Christ Child? That is exactly what the book The First Christmas Carol—A Miser, A Manger, A Miracle by Marianne Jordan explores. Ebenezer is concerned with nothing but his pocketbook. He owns a local inn in Bethlehem and demands […]
Read more
We’ve wrapped up our Second Chances and One Last Chance series. I began to think about how to enjoy the few weeks we have until Christmas. I thought about the one person in Jesus life that was there from the beginning to the end. That person was his mother, Mary. I soon discovered that while the majority of accounts in […]
Read more
I don’t like to cook. At least not usually. When I do cook, I want it to be quick and simple. I’d prefer to bake over cook, if I have to be in the kitchen. However, it’s so much easier to just pick something up and eat out. After all, eating out is: quick simple hassle free {Most of the […]
Read more
Over the last few months I’ve shared my story of going from Rebel to Redeemed. Today we finish up that series. I’ve shared my struggles, my heartache and pains, as well as my breakthroughs, triumphs and joys. I’m far from perfect and God knows this. However, He loves me just the way I am. He loved me when I was […]
Read more
Imagine traveling to the Holy Land and being inspired by the places where Jesus was born, walked, died and rose from the grave. To ride by horseback out to the fields where the shepherds attended their sheep and the angels appeared to them. That’s exactly how the lyrics for O Little Town of Bethlehem were inspired. Later the author wrote […]
Read more
A Marriage Carol by Gary Chapman and Chris Fabry I thought that I’d heard, seen or read just about every adaption on Charles Dickens famous, A Christmas Carol. However, A Marriage Carol was a refreshing take on this story. This is not only a feel good story, but one that makes you really stop to think and analyze your marriage or […]
Read more
The story of Ananias and Sapphira are found in the book of Acts, in the New Testament, as we wrap up this series on last chances from God. Jesus has recently ascended to heaven and the first followers of Jesus have bounded together. In this time followers of Jesus “did not consider their possessions to be their own but held […]
Read more
The time has come to get back on track. I’m finally on a regular schedule. I have a new routine. Now I can carve out a dedicated time each day to exercise. It is time to get back on track. How do you get back on track?
Read more
Never stop praying! That’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned through all of life’s twist and turns. When I returned home after a three year absence, family and friends all told me that they never stopped praying for me. I know those prayers made on a difference on some of those dark, lonely nights. I know those prayers saved me from […]
Read more
The hymn we sing today as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing has had many alterations since it originated. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing first appeared in the 1739 Hymns and Sacred Poems. This is one of the few Christmas hymns written in the 17th and early 18th Centuries, after the English Puritan’s abolished Christmas Carols for being part of a […]
Read more
I wrote this review two years ago, but wanted to repost for you. A great movie to watch on video this Christmas season. The Christmas Candle We all need a reminder about the true meaning of Christmas. Max Lucado’s The Christmas Candle delivers with a heartfelt story. In Victorian England, it is 1890 and a new age is on the […]
Read more