Fragile, Handle with Care

Recently, while sitting at my computer, I looked out my window to notice a familiar square truck, backing into my driveway as it does many times a month.  As I watched the door in the back open, I noticed something.   The box, now in my driveway, was...

Christmas Reminder

It was almost Christmas week, when merriment and expectation should mingle with the aroma of great foods and family gatherings.  But that was not the case the Christmas my husband left us.  There was no Christmas cheer in our home, no money for gifts or even a tree. ...

Did You Believe in Santa?

Did you believe in Santa Claus? I did. Oh, I did with all my heart! He always ate the cookies I left out for him. He always left me a little note to thank me for the cookies and tell me what a good girl I had been that year. One Christmas Eve, my mom even spotted his...

Despite Fear

Ezra 3:3 Despite their fear of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices.  The Israelite remnant had returned from captivity to Jerusalem and Judah....