For us, first fruits represent a sacrifice. But in God’s economy, we are just sending it on ahead. He alone holds on to our most precious possessions until we return.

I know where I will spend eternity because my name is in the Book. My job in Heaven may be as a lowly dishwasher or picking up trash on the gold laden roads of heaven. My crown may not be jewel -laden like yours, maybe even made of copper or wood, but I will be in Heaven, warts and all

Sadly, most of us were dismally unsuccessful. But here is the Good News! God is the master potter and He is vastly more successful at this than anyone can imagine! He is the very first potter and the very last potter.

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.

“There are better odds of getting struck by lightning,” Van Loenen said. “A random taxi driver offering to give me his kidney and all these pieces match. There has to be something behind this. How can this be?”

Work will begin this fall on a memorial to those killed aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, now that agreements have been reached to buy the last key pieces of land in Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said Monday.

The federal government will pay about $9.5 million to the owners of nine parcels near Shanksville, in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, totaling 1,395 acres, including the site where the plane crashed and one right-of-way, Mr. Salazar said.