I marvel at how much God cares for each one of us. When I was drafted into the United States Army, my wife was expecting our first child. I very much wanted to be at home when the baby was to be born, but of course, that would be impossible. First, I went...
In my younger years I remember watching my dad plant corn in early May. About two weeks after he had dropped the seeds into the ground, I would see him checking for signs of life poking up through the freshly cultivated dirt. When green leaves were...
Russian-born, Nobel Prize winning author Alexandr Solzhenitsyn loved his native country, but hated many of the things done by his government. For speaking out against public wrongs, especially in the Stalinist era, he first served an eight-year sentence in various prison camps. Then he was exiled for life to an undesirable part of the...
In a recent conversation with her sister, my wife found out about a special bargain relating to a set of Noritake china. My wife was ecstatic, and as her birthday was approaching, the china seemed to keep coming up in conversation. I did not think she was trying to hide...
Many people seem to think, I cannot see God, therefore He does not exist. However, if you follow that kind of logic, you will come up with some strange conclusions about many things.
For instance,...
Enemy armies surrounded the Emperor Napoleon, or at least that is how the story goes. Defeat was certain! So he called his bugler. “Quick, Bugler, ...
When Sylas was about two years old, he loved horses, so for Christmas he got a rocking horse that neighed like a real one. He quickly caught on how to ride his new steed, and was soon rocking back and forth at a...
One of my favorite Southern Gospel groups, the Cathedral Quartet, used to sing a song that says, “No news is good news when you’re reading your newspaper; no news is good news...
A few summers ago, the heat of the day seeped into every inch of space my house had to offer. I watched through the window as the sun beat continually on the walls outside, raising the...
At our school bus company, several of the senior drivers are authorized to train new applicants. This is a part-time role, which they carry out between runs of their regular student routes. One of these drivers, Ed by name, has gone beyond and qualified as a third-party tester....