What if you had a group of friends who loved you and spurred you on to love and good deeds? A group of friends who God used to change every part of your world? How different would your life and walk with Jesus be? Good, faithful friends are hard to find. God used a group…
Several years ago my sister-in-law returned from a trip with matching jackets for my husband and me. When we tried on the army green fleece jackets, we couldn’t help but laugh at our reflection in the mirror. While it was cute for us to dress alike, it was obvious that the jacket looked better on…
There is a dish my husband loves to eat which features pork stir-fried with a bumpy cucumber-shaped vegetable called the bitter melon. While I have no qualms about eating my veggies, this gourd is one I desperately stay away from. Although nutritious, the bitter melon has a very strong, acrid taste that can leave one…
Have you ever been in a dressing room and accidentally tried on a pair of pants that were one or two sizes too small? You stuff yourself into them and just barely get the zipper closed. If you were to try to function in your everyday life wearing these ill-fitting pants, it wouldn’t be long…
My wife and had an argument that we couldn’t resolve. It took us years to work this through. I had 29 years of singleness under my belt before our marriage and I had, over that time, developed certain habits that were consistent with bachelor life. I kept three piles of clothes of my floor: clean,…
