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"Everybody squirt!" Suddenly 100 women whip out their spray bottles and begin to squirt their neighbor. Shrieking and laughing, we all cool down from the 105 degree heat. OK, back to the teaching... Our first multi-day conference for women is in progress. It's a first for most. A bit tentative and shy at first, they are warming up to the idea of a safe place where camaraderie and fun are core values. They will spend three full days here in a...
An Original Poem
We Are the Apple of His EyeWe are the apple of His eye,Children of the King;He brings joy into our lives,Gives us songs to sing. The world lives in sorrow,We live in love;The world’s focus is here,Our focus is above. Where our King sitsForever on His throne;We are His artwork,A masterpiece to God only known. We are His workmanship,Written in His Word;A melodious song,Sweetest ever heard. We are the apple of His eye,Children of His grace,Our lives entwined with His,God’s truth we firmly embrace.By: Carol Poole
Fear Not!
“Do not be afraid little flock, it is the father‘s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32)Today Jesus wants to tell those of us who believe in him to not be afraid.The devil is the master of fear and he uses many people and entities to do his work of spreading fear. But God says repeatedly in his word “Do not fear”.I have heard there is a derivative of that message 365 times in the Scriptures. I haven’t counted them but I would be happy for anyone to fact check it for the simple fact that reading God‘s...
Vamsi’s Story
When Karen and I first started helping TJ to care for orphans in India, we were asked to support an individual orphan. Most of the children in the two orphanages were young, but as we looked over their photographs, our eyes fell upon a teenage boy in the home of one of the pastors TJ had partnered with. His name is Vamsi (wom’ see).Here’s some of Vamsi’s story. Both sets of his grandparents were lepers. As a result, they were outcasts in their society. No one would hire them, so their only source of income was begging. Vamsi’s parents, though...
The Meaning Behind Our Name
“He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10Have you wondered what it really means to be the apple of someone’s eye or where the phrase comes from? The phrase was first used in the Bible but comes from a Hebrew expression that literally means “little man of the eye,” which refers to the tiny reflection of yourself that you see in another person’s pupil. Someone is gazing at you so intently and closely that you are literally...