With every new year, you can decide what to take with you and what to leave behind. Think about that. You can leave the painful memories behind, those days when darkness tried to win, days of struggling and suffering. Like cold snowflakes resting in your hands, exhale and escort them away from your mind and …
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"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139: 1,13-14 NIV. If someone belittled you as a child, you …
“It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed …
Continue reading At the Foot of the Cross Where My Heart Is Torn in Two
Don't be tempted to manipulate your circumstances while you're waiting for God to open that closed door or to answer your request. Yes, waiting is hard work. But you can do it. You NEED to do it. Don't think for a minute that God isn't aware. He's always working behind the scenes on your behalf. …
You may be wondering what's happening to our world. It seems like the days of sitting on the porch snapping beans and listening to the rain or the giggles of children sprinting from the bus stop are being replaced. Replaced by what? Maybe you're seeing a whole lot of anger and frustration while you're behind …
Unfortunately, you're going to go through some difficult times in your life. Illness may knock on your door or even barge in when you least expect it like an unwanted guest that's planning to stay for an undisclosed amount of time. Or maybe a relationship you were counting on has crumbled, leaving you heartbroken and …
I’m a little out of sorts right now. Every day I leave the sunshine, the blooming peony, and the bubbly calls of the wrens to come downstairs to my secluded basement office where I write Christmas stories. Yes. I’m writing Christmas stories as the temperature outside my tiny window reaches into the 80’s, my Christmas …
Being a little fighter in a great big world is exhausting at times. You keep going and keep trying. You get up early, stay up late, and put in long hours until your eyesight is blurry and your mind isn’t as sharp as it should be for this task. So you head for a cup …
Another video and another short story, my friends! I hope this short Easter story touches your heart as it did mine. May we all grow closer to God as we come to His Son, Jesus Christ. Thanks for watching, and God bless you! https://www.facebook.com/joeylrudder/videos/266341121652355
This world has messed me up. Maybe it’s messed you up too. It’s like we start our lives as portraits, those we can’t define by ourselves. We study the lines and try to understand the coloring, the shading, and what the overall design is supposed to be. Who we are supposed to be. But then …
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