THOUGHTS TO START YOUR DAY!

We heard a loud bang and clatter. Trying to make sense of the sound, I envisioned a large dump truck had dropped its gate on the road. Then it sounded like a heavy load of gravel was dumped quickly – too quickly for it to be a load of gravel. “What was that?” I asked my husband. “I’m not sure,” was his reply. I went back to do my work, but it seemed a little gloomy, so I flipped on the light switch. Nothing. Hmmmm… I promptly went to the electric panel, but it seemed ok. Retu

We as humans like to be in control of aspects of our life: our finances, our job, our comings and goings, our spouse, our children… and the list goes on and on. We have come to accept that we can’t control some things, such as the weather. Perhaps we need times such as these to remind us that, in reality, none of those things are within our control. One such time for me, and the most profound time for me, was when I had to watch as my husband, my most treasured “possession” i

Today, in my quiet time with the Lord, my daily devotional book led me to my favorite Bible verse. Let me share it with you today. Zephaniah 3:17 New Living Translation (NLT) "For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a Mighty Savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” In these days of new routine and unforeseen changes, let's be sure to spend time with our lovin

We've all experienced "storms" in our life. Times when life seemed uncertain and fear threatened to overtake us. Times much like our world is facing right now. In these times, it is often helpful to look back at the past and to remember how faithful God has been. Remembering God's faithfulness in the past gives us hope for the future. This is Pastor Joy and I want to share with you a time when my family needed to rely on God's strength to carry us through a huge storm! When w