It's hard to believe that Easter was almost a week ago. My how times fly! I feel like the older I get, the faster time goes! How about you? During Easter week, we focused on the Last Supper, Good Friday, and then Resurrection Sunday. And amidst all of the story, this wonderful story of love; God's love for us, His sacrifice for us, is also a story of betrayal. Mark chapter 14 verses 43 through 46 talk about this betrayal. It's what many call the Judas Kiss and it re

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. " 1 Peter 1:3,4 ESV Hello my friend. Today's blog post is a very personal one for me as I have a painful story to share. This is a story of the struggle to forgive, the struggle to set aside my d

Good Friday is just around the corner. It calls us to solemnly remember and thank God for what He, out of His great love, did for us. It should also be a stark reminder of just how desperate our situation is due to our sinfulness. We were so far gone that nothing we could ever do would make things right with God from whom we had been estranged. Our sin, so serious, that God Himself in the form of Jesus, had to come down to this earth He created and die an agonizing deat

"In His defense, Jesus said to them, 'My Father is always at work to this very day and I too am working.'" John 5:17 My husband is a carpenter. He's in the business of making homes beautiful. On rare occasions, our own home reaps the benefits of his talents. When Hubby began the long-overdue task of remodeling our worn-out kitchen, I was anxious and excited for the project to be finished. In the meantime, I had to live with complete and utter chaos in my kitchen. I came h