John and Jane are married and have three children. After years of marriage, their romance was deflected with raising kids, paying bills, working at jobs, and their wedding vows became an obligation rather than a promise to love each other for better or for worse. But then, Jane heard from a long-time friend who invited her to lunch. While Jane mixed her salad dressing into the crisp lettuce and tender chicken, Sue said, “You’ve been on my mind for the past several weeks. I’m so glad we have this time together.” Jane smiled and nodded. “Jane, you and I have Read More
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Three Bricklayers
Chuck Swindol of Insight for Living told a story that went something like this: there were three bricklayers working at a job site. A passerby watched them for a while, then he asked the first bricklayer, “What are you doing?” “I’m laying bricks,” the bricklayer replied. The passerby nodded, silently. He then asked the second bricklayer, “What are you doing?” “I’m building a building,” the second bricklayer answered. “I see,” said the passerby. He then asked the third bricklayer, “What are you doing?” The third bricklayer smiled and said, “I’m building a cathedral for God.” The passerby raised his eyebrows, Read More
When You Don’t Like the Story God is Writing –
My guest blogger this week is Sharon Jaynes who writes for Girlfriends in God at http://girlfriendsingod.com/ Sharon writes: “When You Don’t Like the Story God is Writing.” If it were up to me, I would have scripted some of life’s stories differently. So many tragedies have struck people near and dear to me that if I were the writer, they would have been changed. Fortunately, I’m not the author, because each of these women impact thousands of women all over the world with their powerful stories of God’s redemption. God turned their pain into purpose, their misery into ministry Read More