Not even the most dire of conditions can stop the appointed time of the blooms. Though it may tarry, they still come as expected. “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you …
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, …
I’ve heard people say Christianity is an easy way out. Yes and no. Accepting Jesus Christ sounds like a very easy thing to do, something similar to what the prophet Elisha told Naaman, the Syrian army commander. Dipping seven times in the Jordan to be healed of leprosy sounded like …
Took a stroll in downtown Salem yesterday, late in an overcast afternoon and it turns out the flowers and the Cherry Blossoms are already in full bloom. Behold, beauty. Here today. Gone tomorrow. I said to my husband, “Go get me that beautiful low hanging blossom.” As I took it …