By: Linda Merriott Living in or with regret indicates that our confidence is placed in ourselves, others, conditions, and circumstances. God would have our trust placed in Him. God wants us to believe He can do what He says He will do. He is big enough to clean up any mess we make and to work it together for good. …
Imagination was my childhood sanctuary on those rural drives. With just a little inspiration from the passing Texas landscape, I could fabricate life-like figures from the pages of my mind. I envisioned fanciful deer leaping through rows of cotton upon a summer windshield. In October, I invented a window-wide audition of tiny raindrops, each showcasing their best to dance with …
In the inky darkness of 2:00 a.m., we awoke to the groaning of our twenty-five floor apartment building. An earthquake rocked us out of our beds on the seventh-floor. Feeling that our apartment was nearing ground level with every tremor, we jumped out of bed, grabbed our children, and escaped into the night. For weeks after this 7.6 …
