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Happiness Is A Choice Walking along the stream, I always notice clusters of flowers and often a tree that is planted in the waters. The perfect place to ensure growth. David compares the growth of a tree to a man as he follows the Lord. “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel…

Don’t Close Your Eyes In 2 Kings 6:8-23 the story is recounted of the king of Syria planning an attack against Israel. However, time and time again his plans were thwarted as the king of Israel avoided the area. A spy was in their midst, or so the king thought. Upon questioning the leaders of…

Life-Giving Power Throughout Israel’s history, many times of battle are recorded. After Elisha’s death, the Israelites were burying a man next to the tomb of Elisha when a band of Moabite raiders came passing through. In their panic to protect themselves from a skirmish, the Israelites threw the man’s corpse into Elisha’s tomb. No one…

What Is Your Response? Creation, God’s creation, how I love to be in it. I love going for walks through the fields and woods. I love to see deer, squirrels, minx, raccoon, ducks, geese, turtles. You get the gist. I love everything about it. I listen and hear the birds sing, knowing they are giving…

Disciplined to God’s Way I am a definite cat person. Hopefully in my old age I will not be called “the crazy cat lady,” but it is getting close. We have four cats right now. That is the most I’ve ever had at once, and I am finding it is more than enough! Our latest…

Do you hear His whisper? Recently my son, Branden had the opportunity to go on a mission’s trip to Florida. The trip in itself was amazing and fruitful. God was at work in incredible ways. However, before and after, Bran experienced some real spiritual battles. In talking, we were reminded how Satan doesn’t like spiritual…

A Matter of Choice Hannah is one of my favorite Bible characters. Trusting God, she runs to Him, her refuge, when she is without hope. Her story begins in 1 Samuel 1, where Hannah prays to the Lord earnestly for a son, promising to give him back to the Lord if her request is granted.…

Equipped to Give My son, Branden, turns out, is quite the artist. We discovered this one night when his high school, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, invited us to their Spring Art Show where we were able to see projects that the students had been working on through the school year in different art classes. Greg…

Grace for Each Moment After this Lenten season and Easter week, I have been thinking a lot about the story of the thieves who were crucified next to Jesus the day He sacrificed His life for us. Both reviled Jesus in the same way, however as the hours passed, in the last moment, one thief…

Hope Springs Through I just finished reading Heaven by Randy Alcorn. I highly recommend it! Because of the losses I have faced personally and we as a church have faced and continue to face, I wanted to learn more about where we keep saying we will see our loved ones again – heaven. Honestly, the…