by cynthia | May 3, 2023 | Christian authors, Encouragement, Inspirational writing
It’s amazing how the Lord speaks into our hearts through Scripture. I must have read Psalm 77 dozens of times over the years, yet never did it strike me so vividly as it did this week. When God led the Israelites out of Egypt, they became trapped between the Red Sea...
by cynthia | Dec 23, 2022 | Christmas, Encouragement, Inspirational writers
Merry Christmas! I came across the following poem years ago, and it really touched my heart. As you read it, consider how much God loves us to send Jesus to be born in such a humble way, to live and experience all that mankind experiences, and to suffer and die so...
by cynthia | Dec 16, 2022 | Celebrating Christmas, Encouragement
We all have expectations of what Christmas ought to be. For some of us, the very thought of breaking out decorations, and gathering with family to share in the story of Christ’s birth makes us shimmer with excitement. While others cower at the thought of traipsing...
by cynthia | Dec 7, 2022 | Christian authors, Encouragement, Pearl Harbor Day
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.” (John 14:27) December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor Day. A day that will live in infamy, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt termed it. This calendar day never passes without me recalling the horrendous act that catapulted the...
by cynthia | Nov 23, 2022 | Cancer, Christian authors, Encouragement
Since September 24, I’ve been living every person’s nightmare. That was the day I learned, after only a few month following my previous year of cancer treatments, my cancer had not only resurfaced, but had progressed to Stage IV. Besides the original...