“But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.” Luke 1:13 NIV

“Lord, I am tired of today. Please give me a new day.” And it’s not even 7:00 AM.

About ten years ago, my husband and I stumbled upon a Christmas shop near Colonial Williamsburg on a hot summer day. A dangerous place for any husband to take their wife.

Am I a mood-killer if I say, “We’re so trapped in this Christmas rat-race that it hijacks the joy of Christmas”?

I have a soft spot for reading the Bible from cover to cover. Once I hit Revelations, I automatically bounce back to Genesis.

Sin clings to me like cat hair.

I’m not good at finishing movies. Here’s as far as I got with one of them…

One day I shared my testimony with Diana, a stranger sitting next to me in the airplane. She claimed to be an atheist. Then she attributed all my suffering to my attracting negative energy around me. … I don’t see problems as bad luck, a punishment from the Almighty. Otherwise, apostle Paul really hit the jackpot of bad luck (persecuted, suffered hunger, cold, shipwrecked, jailed, loneliness, no marriage… ) Yet, he says in Romans 5: 3 “we glory in our suffering”.

Profetul Ilie are o mare valoare în Vechiul și Noul Testament. Mulți ziceau că Isus era Ilie. Iar Iacov, fratele lui Isus, îl dă drept model de om al rugăciunii când spune “Mare putere are rugăciunea fierbinte a celui neprihăn.” Iacov 5:16 (Cornilescu)

If ever a man had the reason to be stripped of joy, it was Andrei on a Friday when most working men and women sigh with relief “It’s the weekend again!”.