 Mark and his family before his first surgery. My friend Mark started feeling poorly around July. Things he normally did became exhausting and physically hard to manage.
He was a strong man, a former Army Ranger, and very involved in the lives of his two teenaged boys. But a few exploratory tests from various doctors showed Mark and his family that things were not good with his heart. His heart was not pumping properly, and an alarming test told them that it was functioning at only 8 percent of its capacity. Doctors called this barely life sustaining... Click here to read more Who is God? God cares about our physical needs, but I think what He's most concerned with is the state of our heart. Is our heart right with Him? Do we love Him and put Him first in all we do? Do we follow Him with all we are? Asking God for a new "heart" for Christmas may be just what we need this season.  I found the huge wooden star one day while walking through the pastures of a farm where we rented.
It rested against a corrugated steel wall inside one of the farm’s outbuildings. What was the star doing out in the middle of a cow pasture? I wondered. Let’s just say I was intrigued. What I asked my landlord about the star, his tone turned a bit nostalgic as he said, “Oh, Dad used to string lights on that and put it up on the roof every year.” See, my landlord had grown up in the house where we were living, and I loved to hear sentimental stories like that one. I quickly asked my landlord right then and there if I could ... Read more on this Christian Devotional blog by clicking here...  On Saturday night, I sat down with my family and a nice cup of tea to watch my first Christmas movie of the season.
I had seen an ad for the movie on a Christian website that I frequent, and when a friend later pointed me to it, telling me she knew the screenwriter, well, I knew the film was a must see... Click here to read more ... |
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