I was still a young woman when I volunteered to make sopapillas for the whole community. My inexperience didn’t know that cooking for a crowd was far different than making a home recipe. My immaturity didn’t think to modify the leavening I needed. So, in my ignorance, my grocery list included ten packets of yeast. I’d made sopapillas before and …
You have more of the Word within you than you are currently accessing. Think about it. You’ve read a multitude of verses in church or class. You’ve underlined dozens of Scriptures in your Bible. By now, you have sat for hours, reading the Bible in devotional books or just from your own copy of the Word in your lap. …
Life in Asia rarely resembled this picture. It was often tedious and challenging. Christian resources were few and my time in the Word was often very dry. I knew that connection to the Vine was the lifeline to my spiritual growth, but I often moaned my passivity and disinterest toward a daily devotion. Ring a bell? Just …
He who has the Son has the Life (1 John 5:12). Which Life? The Life which became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). He who has the Son has the Life. What Life? The Bread of Life, The Light of Life, the Word of Life — Who was seen, touched and heard (John 8:12; …
“You can’t put toothpaste back in the tube.” Well actually, I beg to differ as we’ve been doing it for years. I have a good excuse really. Since travel tubes weren’t available in Taiwan, we suitcased them from the states and refilled them as needed in preparation for trips in and out of Asia. You have to get the …
Within your home you have a key To wealth and riches deep. Yet count we not, its value low Cut-rate, substandard, cheap? For worth indeed is never priced The display to impart. But only by the treasure held Within our inner heart. On special days, we mention of Religion and such things. But distant, vague, and far from mind Is He, our King …
I just had my battery replaced. Uh-huh…..you heard right. I function by remote control. No, you can’t program my actions from across the room. And try as he may, my husband hasn’t been able to turn off my emotions either. The battery is linked to a neurostimulator for chronic back pain. It’s a pain management device implanted …
