On a Saturday afternoon in September, we learned belatedly of the death of my husband’s cousin. The funeral was going to be on Monday at 11 a.m. in West Texas. On the spur of the moment, we made plans to attend. He and my...
Shortly after giving birth to our son, I got diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, an Inflammatory Bowel Disease that causes ulcerations in the lining of the colon. This leads to severe pain, blood in stool, diarrhea, fever, malnourishment, and...
Though we would prefer immediate, positive answers to our prayers during the trials and times of crisis in this life, God does not always respond as we wish. But He has promised to never leave or forsake us, and even in the worst of...
I was born in Colombia, South America, and moved to the United States in 1991. The middle child in our family, I was very close to my mother growing up and we made many wonderful memories together! All my life, I have received great...
An amazing story of answered prayer was featured on Tuesday, September 7 on the Focus on the Family daily broadcast. It was an interview with a Marine veteran, Chad Robichaux, who was instrumental in a recent effort (independent of the U.S...
I am new to attending church and new to actively pursuing God as well as reading and studying His Word. But I am not a new believer or someone who recently felt God’s presence in their life. Though 37, I can clearly remember as a...
In Psalm 146:9, the Bible states that God sustains the widow. Our Lord has beautifully demonstrated the truth of that promise in the life of my 85-year-old mother. A very devout and Godly woman, my mother lives in a suburb of Toronto...
God taught me a long time ago that His plans far exceed my own! When my husband and I were in pre-marital counseling, our biggest conflict was that he wanted to move out of the state of Michigan, and I did not want to leave our...
When the Delta variant of COVID began to sweep across the nation, I researched medications that highly reputable, patient-driven doctors were saying worked in effectively treating the virus. I was able to get in contact with one of the...
Throughout my life, I have always preferred to stay comfortable; no change meant no need to worry! Yet when God called me to study for an engineering degree in the petroleum energy industry, which cycles up and down, I took the first major step...
