Saved from Suicide

Suicide. In Christian and worldly realms it carries a stigma. A picture of damaged goods is painted. Every brush stroke ingrained with ideas and thoughts, interpretations and opinions. An ugly portrait of falsehoods and deception is the end product. We hand our brush over to another artist and a different picture comes to life. A …

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Are you a Christian by Word or by Deed?

Throughout our walk we diligently pray for our Father to use us. For that instance to have the Master utilize us as His earthly instruments. That moment to let our light shine on a dark world, for His glory. Well, my moment came two days before Christmas. I will never forget her face and the …

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Light Can Heal the Darkness

.................................A cage for my mind, bars are tight...........................Thoughts escape but soon come back ...........................A glimpse of Light,warm and right ........................The darkness runs away, no more black.........................The ugliness creeps and crawls again.........................Please let it stop, please let it end..........................I pray and I pray and stop with amen..............As I finish, Light is there, my love, my friend........................The cage is …

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Onesimus Moments

Running, running, running. We are always running somewhere and always in a hurry. In life we find ourselves running to the grocery store, running after our children, running to catch up or sometimes running away. Running away is what I like to refer to as an Onesimus moment. Onesimus was a runner, a cross-country runner …

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