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Lonesome *** WARNING TISSUES NEEDED *** Author Unknown 1904 The boy sat huddled up close to the woman in gray that everybody felt sure he belonged to her; so when he unconsciously dug his muddy shoes into the broadcloth skirt of his left hand neighbor she leaned over and said: “Pardon...

Lord's Prayer A Translation of "Our Father" directly from the Aramaic into English (rather than from Aramaic to Greek to Latin to English) O cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration! Soften the ground of our being and carve out a space within us where your Presence can abide...

LOVE A PARAPHRASE OF 1 CORINTHIANS 13 If I talk a lot about God and the Bible and the Church, but I fail to ask about your needs and then help you, I'm simply making a lot of empty religious noise. If I graduate from theological seminary and know all the answers to questions you'll never...

Live The Way You Pray I knelt to pray when day was done And prayed, "O Lord, bless everyone, Lift from each saddened heart the pain And let the sick be well again." And then I woke another day And carelessly went on my way, The whole day long I did not try To wipe a tear from...

Living Lemonade Despite the fact he had none of his own, Art always had a fondness for children. Seldom had a child with something to sell knocked on Art’s door and gone away without a sale, and the smaller the child the more Art seemed to buy. One hot summer day, Art drove his car with...

Loneliness Of Americans who ate dinner last night, 22% ate alone. The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted. -Mother Teresa She was a young, 11 year-old orphan child who had known nothing but the institutional life. She had been shuffled from one...

Little Angels When God calls little children to dwell with him above, we mortals sometime question the wisdom of His love. For no heartache compares with the death of one small child who does so much to make our world, seem wonderful and mild. Perhaps God tires of calling the...

Little Child Lost Somehow I’ve gone and lost my way I’m just a child, you see So scared and frightened by the world I think I’ll climb a tree I’m not sure where my dear Mom is… I surely miss my Dad If you’d just point the way for me I’ll be so awfully glad My bike is somewhere in...

Live Longer For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them. - Matthew 18:20. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not...

Lightning Bugs What is the deal with lightning bugs? I mean, here is this rather ordinary looking flying insect, but wait. . .it has a glow-in-the-dark rear end! What was God thinking? I'm sure science has all kinds of explanations about how this fluorescent fanny is useful for mating...

Listen To God, It Is Important The story starts out where she, Beth, is sitting at an airport terminal, waiting to board a plane. She was sitting there with several other people who were also waiting, whom she did not know. As she waited, she pulled out her Bible and started reading. All of...

It is Well with My Soul, the Song and the Story Composer Horatio Spafford, It is Well with My Soul Horatio Spafford (1828-1888) was a wealthy Chicago lawyer with a thriving legal practice, a beautiful home, a wife, four daughters and a son. He was also a devout Christian and faithful student...

Life is Like That Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. - 2...

Life’s ECHO A man and his son were walking in the forest. Suddenly the boy trips and feeling a sharp pain he screams, "Ahhhhh." Surprised, he hears a voice coming from the mountain, "Ahhhhh!" Filled with curiosity, he screams: "Who are you?", but the only answer he receives is...

LET IT SHINE! While attending a conference, I returned to my motel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had difficulty finding the keyhole. When I managed to open the door, I felt around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was...

Life Life isn't about keeping score. It's not about how many friends you have Or how accepted you are. Not about if you have plans this weekend or if you're alone. It isn't about who you're dating, who you used to date, how many people you've dated, or if you haven't been with anyone at...

Life In The Military By: LT John Gomez Who ever said the Christian life was easy? If you think it is easy, then I have an experiment for you. Step 1: Memorize the Bible verse "Do not be conformed to this world." Step 2: Go down to your local recruiter, and tell them you want to join the...

Let Go The following is a very meaningful story, which is called "Let Go", and written by Dr. Billy Graham. A little child was playing one day with a very valuable vase. He put his hand into it and could not withdraw it. His father too, tried his best, but all in vain. They were thinking...

Let God Lead Us I was walking down a dimly lit street one evening when I heard muffled screams coming from behind a clump of bushes. Alarmed, I slowed down to listen, and panicked when I realized that what I was hearing were the unmistakable sounds of a struggle: heavy grunting, frantic...

Let His Glory Reign READ: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV) "And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." Sometimes we throw a veil over God...