I Asked God

I ASKED GOD I asked God to take away my pride. God said “No”. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said “No”. Her spirit was whole, her body was only...

God’s Embroidery

GOD’S EMBROIDERY When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal. I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. I told her that it looked like a...

Choices

CHOICES Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, ‘If I were any better, I would be twins!’ He was a...

Butterfly Kisses

BUTTERFLY KISSES We often learn the most from our children. Some time ago, a friend of mine punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the tree....

You Just Don’t Want To Know

YOU JUST DON’T WANT TO KNOW My receptionist told me a story, Monday, about her 4 year old grandson, Bryan. Bryan was returning from Sunday School/Nursery with a rather grim countenance. “What’s the problem, sport?” his mother asked. “Well”, Bryan responded, “We just found out what they did to...