I remember a while back going to the bank during the winter to make a withdrawal from the machine. As I entered the enclosed area where the machine was, I was taken aback by one of our local street people standing there trying to keeping warm. As people came in, he would mumble that he…
In 2 Kings 6 we read about Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram. He decided to mobilize his army and attack the city of Samaria, the capital of Israel. His army surrounded the city to cut off any possibility of them getting supplies. To make matters worse for Samaria, there was already a famine in the…
1 Thessalonians 5:11 says, “Encourage one another and build one another up.” In the book of Acts, we are introduced to a man named Joseph, but he was better known as Barnabas or the “son of encouragement.” He was a man who loved God and saw himself as someone called to help others in their…
For many people in our world, Easter is just another opportunity to take an extra day or two off of work and spend it with family and friends. The Easter story is about a man who lived two thousand years ago. He walked the Earth teaching about peace and God’s love. Eventually, He got enough…
For many of us, social and physical distancing has had many negative effects on us. As the weather has improved we have a natural desire to go outside and be more active. As a diabetic, being active is important. I need to get physically healthy but to do so requires discipline and opportunity. That being…