“Why is there so much suffering in the world?” she asked, after reading Corrie ten Boom’s book “The Hiding Place.” I didn’t know how to respond with compassion to her point-blank question, but Paul did. Paul addressed that question which, like suffering, has plagued mankind since the fall into sin. Paul spoke to the Thessalonians, and his encouragement to them was motivated by God. The Thessalonians suffered under severe persecution. Not only that, but they were also infiltrated by false teachers who would not, nor could not, offer truth and encouragement to them in their suffering. However, the Thessalonians were Read More
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Perpetrators of Darkness
I delighted to hear the “lumberjack” had discovered that four red oaks, a hackberry, a cherry, and a birch tree had survived! They still had their amor on or they surely would have been destroyed by the bullies.
Deadly Infiltrators
Another deadly infiltrator is Creeping Charlie! What a scoundrel. He hides behind a facade of green and slithers through the grass unnoticed until it thinks it has earned
squatters rights for taking up residence far too long.