In the midst of a scary world, here are words of encouragement for all of us. The Best Day of My Life Today, when I awoke, I suddenly realized that this is the best day of my life, ever! There were times when I wondered if I would make it to today, but I did. And, because I did, I’m going to celebrate!  (Psalm 100:1 ~ Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.) Today I’m going to celebrate what an unbelievable life I have had so far…the accomplishments, the many blessings, and yes, even the hardships because…

She was born in Broday, Ukraine in 1896. Her father worked in a pulp and sawmill factory and could only come home weekends. They lived in a one room home with a straw roof and a clay dirt floor and cooked on an open grate and a clay oven. They washed clothes in a stream. She had five brothers and one sister, and she attended school from age 7 to 13. Then, she went to work for 25 cents a day. Because of the threat of war in May of 1914, when she turned 18, she left for Canada with one of their neighbor’s families because everyone knew that war…

Recently I posted this verse on Facebook: “And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” (Mathew 6:27). Wow! Since then, everywhere I go friends want to talk about it. You might say that we come by anxiety and worry honestly. I mean, look at our circumstances nowadays. There’s the fear of the unknown, of years to come and even this week. Loved ones who are sick that we can’t even be with, Covid, wars and rumors of wars, concerns over our children’s futures and even ourselves. Who will take care of us? Will our money last? Who wouldn’t worry? I suspect that I…

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love. That’s the only thing that there’s just too little of…” the song says. But what is love?   Our culture uses the word loosely… “I love chocolate, I love to camp, I love that car. I love that cute dress.” We joke about love: If you love someone, let them go. If you don’t like someone, let them go. Let them all go and get a dog. The original quote was, “if you love someone set them free.  if they come back, they are yours forever.  If they don’t, they were never yours at all. (Author unknown). Is romantic love the most important…