How do you spend your free time? Where do you spend your treasures? How much of it is dedicated to helping others and obeying the word of God. Watching how you spend your time and energy can reap marvelous rewards both for the present and the future.
I was thinking about this today when we stopped for lunch at the local Chick-fil-a restaurant. The owner of this particular establishment is a young man named Justin Beard. We have had the opportunity to talk with Justin on a number of occasions and know him to be a fine upstanding young man dedicated to Christ and to his family and the community he lives in. Continued »
USA (Mission Network News) ― Martha Rosales lost her life to cancer two years ago. On Tuesday, her prayers for her family were answered when her husband and six children moved into a new home.
Volunteers from First Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN helped Buckner International build the 2-bedroom, $15,000 house, the McAllen Monitor reports. The interior of the house is not yet finished, but Rolando Rosales has a friend who will help him paint the floors and install the kitchen floors and appliances.
Buckner is there to help if needed, but the agency deliberately leaves the homes it builds unfinished so the new residents can have a sense of responsibility and ownership. “We’re helping fill the gap that they just can’t cross,” explained Albert Reyes, president of Buckner International. Continued »
I just keep expecting to hear Rhys’ voice as he comes dashing in the door with a Rockstar in his hand: “Mom, can you…”
Can we ever answer their questions again? Can we ever be the same again?
The answer of course, is no. Nothing will ever be the same for us since the loss of our heroes. But here is where God’s message is perfectly clear. We are daily re-made, inching ever closer to the creation that the Father desires us to be. We are the work of His hand. Continued »
This is a tough time of year for me. It didn’t use to be, May was always a time of great joy. Besides celebrating Mothers Day with both my wife and Mother it is effectively, in southern California at least, the beginning of summer which also means BBQ season. Both were always a great joy around our house. Lynn is a great Mother and both Rhys and I never let her forget it and watching my son put away a rack of ribs was amazing.
This last Mothers Day weekend we were invited to a family style BBQ with my son’s widow Stephanie & their daughter London and of course the rest of the Griffith Clan. It was a nice day in the park and any quality time we get to spend with Stephanie and London is worth all the effort. Food family and Fun, what more can you ask for, right? Continued »