"But mommy doesn't lie,"says my clever student after I told him that Santa Claus isn't real. I never realized the struggle between teaching truth to a kid and protecting a parent's credibility toward their child until I have to decide whether I should compromise with the seemingly little matter of "Santa's" existence in a child's…
You might already have someone in mind -- that someone whom you've been trying, crying for, and begging to change. But believe me, they won't. People are people and the best they can do is to change their minds. And when I say people, that includes you. How dare we think of changing others when…
Dear God, I’m no longer asking You to shield me from the rain. I’m sorry for praying silly things as such when I asked You to make me grow. Late did I realize Your wisdom in Your ways. I’m no longer asking you to never let the storms come my way. I was too naive…
When you reach thirteen, you don't want mom and dad to treat you like a kid. You have this feeling like, “Hey! I can handle myself.” Then you're eighteen and you want to break free. You'll turn twenty and you thought you were old enough to ask for help. Life passes real quick and you’re…
Before You Leave Me, I just want you to know,I've heard words unspoken.I've felt pains unexpressed.And I, too, have endured the same. I heard you when you secretly tell things to yourself like:"I was offended. I was hurt. I can't stand seeing those faces in church every time.""Look at them, I sin even more whenever…
Just friends, really??? Who will still buy that excuse nowadays? Only fools! Fools who are afraid of the truth that their intuitions are right. Fools who are afraid to lose a love they actually never had. Because accepting that truth — that friendship is the subtlest form of infidelity — will hurt the heart like…
Please take a moment to read and let this post save you. Yes, you might have waited for this chance to come for so long and I know how tempting it is to just grab it. But before you give yourself another reason to regret, please seek discernment first. Before you take that job offer,…
Have you ever wondered why God wouldn’t just calm the storms instead of allowing them to trouble us? In His inerrant wisdom, two significant reasons we can find: Storm reveals. It exposes the faith and the character of everything existing. Together with its strong wind, storm accomplishes two things in the life of a believer:…
Just in case thoughts of discouragement knock on your door today,and tell you lies like,"You are unappreciated.""No one noticed what you did.""You've just wasted your efforts.""You are a failure."Let this truth remind you: Anything done in love for the Lordis never done in vainregardless of the results. Rachelligraphy When praise or even a "thank you"…
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