Today’s guest blogger is Stephanie Franklin. Stephanie wears many hats as most women do. She is a single mother to three wonderful and miraculous children. She is a self defense instructor and a chaplain as well as a pageant queen . As a rape survivor she helps other women and girls overcome the negative emotions and…
It’s hard to avoid the sensational headlines of the periodicals at the grocery check- out line. “All the Details: Inside Beyonce’s Wedding!” “Shed Two Sizes: Your 4 Week Breakthrough Workout Plan.” “Drug Dealer to the Stars Tells All!” I do my best to not get entrenched in the magazine covers, but yesterday, the TV Guide…
Scurrying. That is what I was doing fifteen years ago at an outreach event our church hosted. We invited the neighborhoods surrounding the church to a free hotdog lunch. Even though we were thinking big, we never dreamed we’d feed 1500 people. So, as the volunteer in charge, I was racing around, making sure we…
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are…
Today’s Pearls of Promise devotion was first presented in November, 2013. It is from our “Best of” series, but as you’ll see it is just as applicable today as it was then. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has…