The Compassionate Father I don’t know about you but I longed for my father to love me, to cherish me, adore me, and think that I was one of the greatest joys of his life. As a child, I longed to be held and carried securely in his loving arms. I longed for him to impart his wisdom, guidance, and share his experiences about life and the world around us. I also longed for a father who when I failed,…
WE ARE RISEN WITH HIM, OH YES WE ARE RISEN WITH HIM INDEED! In this glorious season of celebrating the crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord, I want to reflect on the reason for our Lord coming into the earth in the first place… it was for OUR SAKE. On Easter or Resurrection Sunday, the Orthodox, Catholic, and other liturgical churches greet each other with, “The Lord Is Risen” and the other person responds, “Yes, the Lord is…
In our last blog if you recall, Restore means, to bring back to its original purpose or plan, to set back in order or into its former condition, place, or position. It also means to repair or renovate like a building to its former condition. Once there was an orphan who lived on the streets of Timbuktu, begging and scrounging for food every day to survive. Her parents died when she was five years old; she had no relatives…
After years of going to church, getting baptized, living like I pleased, trying to fix myself, and doing what I believed was God’s way. I was lost, broken, I had fallen into a dark place of sin and rebellion. But one day Jesus came to my rescue to save me and make me His own! I finally gave my heart to Jesus, on July 26, 1979. In 1982, after fighting with the enemy all of my life because of being…