The Highest and Best by Marie Grace “Use your ambition to try to get the greater gifts. And I’m going to show you an even better way.” (1 Corinthians 12:31, CEB). How do I serve my Lord? I’ll need to begin each day with his words on my […]
Messengers of Divine Births by Tina Yeager “So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at […]
Are We There Yet? by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James 1:2, […]
The Wait by Renee Leonard Kennedy “Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life” (Jude 21, ESV). At last! Taillights beaming Christmas red, Mom’s station wagon headed up the hill to the Brockmans’ house. My […]
The Gift of Waiting by Donna Mumma “But if we hope for what we do not see, then we eagerly wait for it with perseverance” (Romans 8:25, NKJV). I still remember my mother’s Christmas candy tray. Its plastic poinsettia shape included vibrant, festooned impressions of the flower. The […]