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Cheer Up!

Sorrow and trepidation gripped my heart and I couldn’t stop the warm torrent of tears that slid down my cheeks. I was hardly the type that cried at the drop of a hat but that day, hot stinging tears was inevitable.  I locked myself in the room and cried; pained at my predicament. Tired of sitting in the crouched position on the floor, I eased myself  up on to the edge of bed. I was going to place...

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Teardrops in the Night – A Tribute to Future Mothers

As thousands of women across America celebrate Mother’s Day, I cannot help but think about the married women who are waiting to have children of their own. As one who waited a considerable length of time for children, I guess there will always be a part of me that aches for future moms. This is why I write this Mother’s Day tribute to honor these precious women of faith: Teardrops in the night,...

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Be Beautiful…on purpose.

Sometime in 1993, I met a lady who challenged and affected my thinking of true beauty so deeply that I have never been able to forget her. I was attending a conference up North when we met. I came down from the cab, rushed in through the gate and burst into the conference hall. I was clearly late by a whole hour. My heart sank at the ‘NO VACANCY’ sign above the accommodation sign-up desk. I was...

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God in the Details

One night, my 5-year old son was having a really bad cough. He had taken all of his medication and I had done everything that I could possibly do for him. Feeling sorry for my son, I felt helpless and frustrated. Right then I remembered a Bible verse that God had given me in a time of despair: Thus says the Lord, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; ...

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Perpective

Sometimes we go through some things in life and wonder why God would allow us go through them. We fail to see the good in bad things that happen to us. The death of a loved one, the job we lost, the nasty things said behind our backs that damaged our reputation, the temptation we fell into, the financial woes and many other things. We may go through pain and suffering because God wants to use our life to...

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Eunice and Lois

“When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and you”When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.” 2 Tim 1:5 (KJV) “I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the leaning of your entire...

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Gossip

“Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence;” Psalm 101:5a I just got really motivated or bothered enough to write on this topic because it’s a harmful vice wrapped into the fabrics of human existence, a very deadly weapon of  destruction separating homes, families, friendships and church life.  Solomon’s Proverbs captures a lot about gossips. In Proverbs 20:9,...

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A Happy Valentine’s Day in Perspective!

Our sons have been looking forward to Valentine’s Day. Today, they will be going to a valentine’s day party where they will trade cards and sweet treats with friends. We all worked hard this past weekend making cards and putting goody bags together. We must have made over 50 cards, but they didn’t mind all the work. They were just excited to celebrate love! Meanwhile, mommy is exhausted :-) During...

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As Narrated by Mary Magdalene

Our eyes have known no rest since the night he was taken from us. Sombre,sick and drained we’ve been,unable to taste good food,staring into the day wondering if he’d return on the third day as he said. Reminiscing on his life and times, I beg to remember how we served tables, supplied bread for the journey, sewed quilt, polished sandals and hemmed robes for long journeys we embarked on with the...

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Pray, Do Not Faint

Luke 18:1-6 If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. – 2 Chronicles 7:14 We are living in troubling times. Every day, we witness the consequences of man-made choices to turn away from God. Leaders have forsaken the ways of God and are pursuing...

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New Day! New Mercies!

My daughter, like most children, loves the sound of wrappings; foil, paper or any type of wrapping as long as it’s around a new toy. Her face lights up and she gets busy exploring her new playmate. But very soon, give or take a day or two, she soon tires of the toy and she’s on the look-out for another one. I have often wondered why the excitement of the old ‘new’ wears thin and she’s in search...

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The Gentle Crooner

We have this (Starcomms – landline) phone that croons when it’s switched on and gives an even longer symphony when it’s battery is flat and dying out. Although I get irritated by the sound because it’s so loud and can happen at any time especially at night when all is still and quiet; the good thing is that it alerts me to quickly plug it back to source. Don’t you wish we had...

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God With Us

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. How blessed we are to have a Savior! God sent His beloved Son into the world to pay the steep price for our sins. The King of Heaven came down in the form of a helpless baby, born in a simple...

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Don’t Give Up! Hope in God

Psalm 27 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!    -  Psalm 27:13-14 As I watch my three sons sleep so peacefully, my heart rejoices at what God has done. A short two years ago, this bedroom in which I sit was bare except for a...

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Woman…According to God

I would like to start this off by just showing you something that blew my mind the first time I read it AND understood the significance of what I was reading. It’s in Genesis 2 verses 7, 19 and 21. Let’s read: 7 Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the...

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A Woman’s Place – At Jesus’ Feet

Luke 10:38-42 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” And...