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Do you ever feel disconnected from God because you can’t tell Him how you really feel?  I know that for most of my life I felt that it would be disrespectful to admit to God my doubts about Him, and even how unfair life felt at times.   But recently I read the story of

How should you respond when put into a situation that is totally out of your control, and completely unfair?   After reading the book of Daniel, I would say…Keep Calm and Trust God. You see Daniel was taken from his homeland of Israel as a young man as part of the exile to Babylon.  King

“Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so…”   This is not just a cute Sunday school song.  In fact, I’ll probably never listen to that song again without understanding the impact of what it really means. You see, for the first time in my life, I’m reading through the entire

Have you ever felt unloved or rejected?  You are not alone. Leah was all too familiar with that feeling. You see, Leah had a sister, Rachel who the Bible portrayed as beautiful and having a lovely figure. And then there was Leah. Leah is described as having “weak eyes”.   I’m not sure what that means,

Most of us who grew up in church have heard it said “Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord!” as quoted from Moses to the people of Israel soon after they left Egypt and were faced with the Red Sea in front of them, and Pharaoh and his army behind them. But when

Have you ever wanted something so badly that it hurt?  There’s a woman in the Bible that seemed to express that pain so greatly.  Her name was Hannah.   Year after year, Hannah and her husband would go up to Shiloh to worship the Lord and offer a sacrifice at the tabernacle.  She was barren and

As I watch my kids grow in the various stages of their life, I find myself thinking back to my own childhood and I comparing my children to myself at their age.  I was recently thinking about my relationship with God in my childhood.  It seems that when I compare my relationship to God as

Have you ever cried out to the Lord in desperation for something, and in His faithfulness, He answers you, and instead of thanking God right away, you call or text your friends to share the news?  I know I am guilty of that many, many times over.  I don’t think it’s wrong to share good

Here’s a song that I’ve been singing a lot lately.  I hope it brings you hope and peace, as it has for me. – Vijoy  

10 years ago when my daughter was born via c-section, it was the first time I had ever experienced major surgery.  During the surgery, although I was awake, the medicine they gave me left me completely numb so that I didn’t feel any pain.  My daughter was born on an evening, and the following morning