I continue to grow in my faith each time I follow what I like to call “nudges” that I receive from the Holy Spirit.  I’ve been feeling another one of those nudges these past few months.  He brought to my attention a bitterness that has been lingering deep within me.   A situation involving another person occurred a number of years ago that I have struggled to let go of and forgive.  I have to admit I was well aware of the bitterness I felt because whenever their name came  ...

What if?  I’ve often wondered what my life would have been like if I was born into different circumstances.  Would it look like it does today? I have pondered that for many hours and have come to the realization that I was born into the exact circumstances that God chose for me to be born into.  Our Lord has planned everything in this world right down to the number of hairs on each of our heads!  Think for a moment about that and the following verse from the Psalms… For it was  ...

Sunday April 15, 2001 was the first church service I ever attended and it just so happened to be an Easter Sunday service! I’ve often said there couldn’t be a better day to be introduced to the church.  I sat amongst a joyous crowd that morning as we celebrated Christ’s resurrection.  I had no idea what that meant at the time, but that really didn’t matter to me because being there felt good. As we are approaching Easter once again, I have been reminiscing about how  ...