Consider how wretched our lives would be – how wretched our very self would be – if we couldn’t go to our heavenly Father when we feel like a failure and are at our weakest. Think how long our sleepless nights would be if God withheld His loving presence when we desperately needed to experience His nearness.
Continue reading →When I consider everything this short phrase could mean for me personally, a stirring desire grows in my soul: to live as if God Himself (the Creator of the universe, the King of kings) is my purpose for living.
Continue reading →When you consider the brevity of your life and how your choices affect those closest to you, integrity becomes all the more important. If integrity doesn’t guide you, your life begins to unravel as people lose confidence in you. Through the years, your dishonesty shatters dreams, jeopardizes jobs and damages families.
Continue reading →Like many who survived the war, Private 1st Class George F. Schneider rarely talked about his time at war. His son, Tom, thinks perhaps his reluctance was due to his humble nature. But most likely, “the fact that my dad was incredibly traumatized by the war and his tragic loss of friends played a role.”
Continue reading →We don’t have to die in our sins, and we don’t have to miss God’s gift of salvation. We can’t earn our way to heaven or say enough prayers to be allowed in, which is why God sent His only Son to die a horrific death for our sins.
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