Imagine being punched in the stomach and you are unable to breathe. That is exactly how we felt the day we found out our precious baby boy, Owen, was diagnosed with Trisomy 13. You see, Trisomy 13 isn’t like other trisomies; it is almost always fatal. Exactly 3 days after that...
Sermon Text: Luke 1:46-55 This year’s Christmas Project partner is Touch a Life. Pam Cope, Touch a Life’s founder, tells a number of amazing rescue stories in her book Jantsen’s Gift. Today as we reflect on Mary’s words about the great reversal that God brings through...
I have had many times when God has reached out to me and caught me when I was falling. I could tell stories about those times for hours. After all these memories come back to me, there is one that stands out the most. This is the biggest fall in my life and God definitely had to change my life...
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:13-14 I have always been that girl who is almost always smiling. People tell me they love that about...
One of my favorite passages since childhood: Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Don’t depend on your own understanding. Remember God in everything you do. And, He will give you success. Proverbs 3:5-6 I am a very independent person, more comfortable when in complete...
When I look at the story of God’s people from the very beginning of Creation to my own life now, I see the same story, over and over. The turning away that Adam did may look different in each individual life, but it all requires God’s rescue through Jesus Christ. It...
He rounded the curve, running like a gazelle, winning the 200 hundred meters, in his first race of the meet, with ease. The crowd cheered as he adjusted his stride to cross the finish line. His next race, the hundred 100 meters, later in the day, posed stiffer competition. But still he...
Hello, my name is Judy Stowe. My life began as many of yours did, I am sure. I had a happy childhood, met and fell in love with the man of my dreams, and had two lovely daughters. We moved from our home in Georgia several times, eventually landing in Brandon, Mississippi. At age 29, I was...
Sermon Text: Luke 2.8-20 “I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions…which they have proudly taught to...
Salvation from past, present, and future sin, I believe, is my greatest rescue. However, about eight years ago, my otherwise most memorable rescue occurred when I slowly recovered from a year and a half of depression - one of the worst, the doctors said, they had ever seen and for no obvious...