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Unseen Guardians: Part 1 Silent sentinels. Wise watchmen. They guide our steps to the path of right choices. They give wise counsel when a problem confronts us. They stand guard when we sleep. They light our way and steer us back to the right path when we wander. Who are these guiding guardians? These wise…

When the Monroe family discovers a baby rabbit during a scary movie at the theater, life turns into a horror story for family pets, Chester the cat and Harold the dog. White vegetables, drained of all juice, appear in strange places. The fridge opens and closes in the middle of the night. Is the new bunny…

Good Vibrations Think of one person you love to be around. What makes this person so special? I think of my friend, Becky. Becky smiles alot and kind, encouraging words flow from her. She is one of the happiest people I know and she brightens my day. Solomon tells us in Proverbs 15:30 NIV, “A cheerful look…

Markus Zusak’s Book Thief holds some of the best writing I have ever read. Each page paints pictures in your mind. Zusak’s novel, a Holocaust story, endeavors to show the good that existed within the Germany of World War II and the country’s struggle to break the oppression of Hitler and the Nazis. In an…

Response Time When we call 911, we expect a fast response time. Firemen and police arrive on the scene in a matter of minutes. It’s an emergency and we need help—fast. When we send up a heavenly 911, we expect fast help from God too. God, help me with ______. God, get me out of…

Dicey, James, Sammy, and Maybeth sit, abandoned, in the mall parking lot. Momma had hurried into the mall that morning, but now, night encroaches and the children huddle in the car. Thirteen-year-old Dicey, however, proves resourceful. She washes windows, carries groceries, and counts every penny as she shepherds her family towards their great-aunt’s house in a nearby…

A Parade of Nations I can’t wait for the Summer Olympics. Nation after nation will parade in the opening ceremonies. Athletes will proudly carry their country’s flag and wear their country’s colors. Some large, some very small, all will be present for the XXX Olympics in London this summer. Long ago, God singled out a…

William Hobbs’s Crossing the Wire relates the struggle of Victor Flores, a Mexican teenager who tries to support his mother and siblings by scratching a corn crop from the Sonoran desert. When his best friend leaves the village for El Norte, Victor realizes America holds his best hope of providing for his family. Crossing the Wire…

Because You Say So “Because I say so.” Ever heard this gem roll off Mom or Dad’s lips? Something about those words make us want to arch our backs like a cat and hiss. I don’t like being told what to do. How that sin nature fights authority. Yet, check out this passage in Luke…

In Susan Patron’s Higher Power of Lucky, Lucky eavesdrops on the anonymous twelve step meetings in her small town of Hard Pan. She hears of a higher power and wishes for one of her own. Lucky’s mother died when she was eight and her father dumped her on his first wife. Lucky knows it’s just a…