A local youth group at a church recently advertised their slogan, “Take back your summer!” What a great idea, I thought. We’ve all lost so much over the last year and especially for our youth. So this is the summer to take back our lives. Get outside and see friends, have campfires and tell ghost stories, go to the beach, sit under the stars. Enjoy the warmth and the sunshine. Put down the phones – we’ve all done too much of that while being stuck inside. Spend the summer away from the headlines, most of which are only designed to […]
Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!” (Mark 1:14-15) A new era of God’s relationship with mankind had begun, just as it had been promised to Abraham’s generation. The time had come for mankind to make a decision. The Old Testament sacrifices and laws were now represented through the long-awaited Messiah. The Kingdom of God was present on the earth, and this certainly was good news! The last prophet was John the Baptist. He was the messenger sent ahead of time to prepare the people for a […]
Category:In Jesus' Words - from Mark
Life. That is the only word that comes to my mind at this moment. I reflect back on the last month or so of changes in my life, also leading me to think back on my childhood and everything else in between, and I have come to this one conclusion: Life. Life is living – the happy, sad and challenging times. It is not perfect. Don’t beat yourself up trying to make it perfect, or even fair. We have a perfect Savior in Jesus Christ, and that is all we need to make sense of our sometimes tangled lives. Life […]
Category:Angels & Blessings
We worry and we complain. We get upset when we are inconvenienced. I know how easy it is to get caught up in it, and before we know it, the moment in time has passed us by. But one day, if we are so lucky to live long enough, we will probably see things differently. The petty arguments, the spilled milk, even the bad grade or that terrible boss, no longer seem to matter. They are long gone. It is in the laughter, the beauty, the living in the present, where we begin to cherish what life is really about. This next story about Jesus […]
Category:In Jesus' Words - from Matthew
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Sue McCusker is a writer, Bible teacher, and web developer who loves to share the stories of life, hope, and faith she sees around her every day. She has written for Guideposts and Angels on Earth magazines, and teaches the story of God in women's Bible study.
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Happy are the feet of those who bring good news! Isaiah 52:7
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