My husband and I had been happily married (most of the time) for five years but hadn’t been blessed with a baby. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Inspirational Stories’ Category
A Working Holiday
January 26th, 2010
The grocery store is common ground for most of us. The difference is the uncommon stories we carry in our hearts as we go about the business of shopping for our daily bread. (more…)
The Wishing Star
January 26th, 2010
Davey looked out the window at the falling snow. Usually he loved snow, but today he was sad. It was Christmas Eve, and the snow was so deep that it might ruin Christmas for Davey. Because of the snowstorm, Davey was afraid that his older brother Josh would never make it home for Christmas. Davey wondered if he would see his older brother Josh
this Christmas. (more…)
Christmas Crayons
January 26th, 2010
My childhood was filled with laughter, love, and happy memories, especially during the holidays, but the yuletide that stands out most is the year of the Christmas Crayons. (more…)
The Christmas Angels
January 26th, 2010
It was December 23, 1993. For a single mom who was going to college and supporting my children completely alone, Christmas was looking bleak. I looked around my little home, realization dawning like a slow, twisting pain. We were poor. (more…)
The Cradle, A Christmas Story
January 26th, 2010
They left their home, the new cradle still swinging from the rafters. Night after night the aroma of fresh-cut wood had filled the room as Joseph had patiently fashioned the tiny cradle, using the same chisel and saw he usually put down at dusk. (more…)
You Are Loved
January 26th, 2010
One of the warmest Christmas memories that I have was the year that I was Santa Claus. I was a young, substitute teacher with a new family just starting out in life. I was called in to work at the local grade school on the last day before the Christmas holidays. Near the end of the day I was summoned to the principal’s office and asked to be the Santa who visited all the classrooms. Being a great lover of both children and Christmas I agreed. (more…)
Burdens Give Us Wings
December 22nd, 2009
An old legend relates that long ago God had a great many burdens which He wished to have carried from one place to another on earth, so He asked the animals to lend a hand. But all of them began to make excuses for not helping: the elephant was too dignified; the lion, too proud; and so on. Finally the birds came to God and said, “If you will tie the burdens into small bundles, we’ll be glad to carry them for you. We are small but we would like to help.” (more…)
Directions For The Lost
December 22nd, 2009
A little boy was waiting for his mother to come out of the grocery Store. As he waited, he was approached by a man who asked, “Son, can you tell me where the Post Office is?”
No Wrong Time To Say The Right Thing
December 22nd, 2009
A cartoon depicts a woman shaking hands with her clergyman as she leaves the church. The caption says, “Thank you for the sermon. It was like water to a drowning man.” Some compliments are better left unsaid…. (more…)
