I think every child has played hide and seek at one time or another. Today, as I read Peter’s declaration and Jesus’s answer in John chapter 13, it reminded me of the childhood game hide and seek and the trigger statement that sets it all in play: “Ready or not Read more…
Sherri Lang I have three testimonies that have happened to us since the start of GiveLife. My first testimony was a little over a year ago, just after the kickoff for GiveLife. One evening I heard frantic knocking on the bathroom door downstairs … I investigated and found that our Read more…
Steven Lory When GiveLife first started, I had a good job that paid well, good benefits and a savings account that was growing nicely. In no more than a few weeks to a month after GiveLife launched, I lost that job. God began talking to my heart asking, “Do you trust Read more…
Deanna Lemke The income I earn by teaching piano lessons helps provide many extras that are not in our regular budget. I ended the last teaching year in June with 8 students which wasn’t really enough to sustain ongoing expenses. In September, I began with 19 and by December I Read more…
Human nature always chooses the most qualified candidate. Isn’t that what a job interview is all about? Starting as soon as little children are old enough to pick teams, the best athletes are chosen first, followed by friends and then the rest.
However God never thinks about things the way we do. In Nehemiah 3:8 we find, “Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the next section;(of the wall) and Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, made repairs next to that. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.” (NIV) (more…)
A few years ago I was going through one of the hardest times of my life. I had been struck with a disease that left me needing to learn once again how to walk, write, and so much more. While for the most part I had a positive attitude and outlook on my rehabilitation, there were times that the guilt and self pity began to set in. Guilt that I wasn’t able to do for my family the things I felt I should. It was Christmas time, my house wasn’t decorated, presents hadn’t been bought, and and this was one of those times, I began to feel crushed by the guilt of not creating a holiday that my family was used to. Self pity began to set in. (more…)
