I had pondered why Jesus was born in the line of Judah instead of that of Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben, as might have been expected based on the Jews’ emphasis on the firstborn’s rights. On the surface of it I didn’t see the rationale. I knew in my spirit that the answer...
After a very full week I took a few hours late Saturday afternoon for self care and enjoying the company of my son and daughter in love as they watched football at my home. I went to bed at 9 with a feeling of contentment. I awoke refreshed and full of anticipation...
God created man first, but God chose to incarnate himself within a woman first…… ……and placed Himself into a family, where God, laying aside His God-only omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, experienced human love, protection, nurture, and...
I was looking at a family Facebook page of my grandmother’s Baxley family. Ludie Bell Baxley Greene….. in some ways I am very much like how I remember her….. loving the Lord and family and accepting of the Lord’s will and at some times when I laugh, I hear her...
Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God….. we enter through the gate of brokenness, needing comfort and in meekness…. Not by our...
A Facebook poster attributed this story to Sheila Walsh having written about a peculiar sad occurrence in some sheepfolds. There have also been YouTube accounts of this happening with lambs. As reported, every once in a while, an ewe will give birth to a lamb and...
