Those were the words of Abby, my 4-year-old girl, the other night. “I don’t want to go to heaven.” Yes, she is enslaved to sin at this early age. Yes, she is sincere in her words. And the why is not that much different from many adults today. In her mind, to go to heaven would mean to be apart from her mommy and daddy, the people whom she loves the most. When shopping, Abby …
Category Archives: Marriage & Family
As often happens, Elijah was crying when we pulled out of the church parking lot, but this time it wasn’t because he was leaving his Mammy and Pappy. It was because he was missing the “baptism show.” He kept saying something about sisters, but I was only half listening to him as I went through a mental timeline to make sure I could get everything done that day. As we pulled into the grocery store …
March 13, 2012
by Scott Phillips
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Soon, my wife and I will celebrate our 24th year of marriage. When I look back, I truly can’t believe that it has been that long. However, for those of you that know us, I am sure you will understand that there are probably days when she looks back and says, “Yes, it’s been nearly a quarter of a century.” Recently at our RMG, some of the men were talking about the silly things we …
A mom looked embarrassed and frustrated as she searched for gifts to donate to a shelter. Her young son whined and cried, “I want that! Why do you have to give it to other kids? It’s for me!” The mom calmly tried to explain that these gifts were for children who didn’t have “ANYTHING,” then the little boy stared right into his mommy’s eyes and said, “You don’t love me if you won’t buy that …
February 22, 2012
by Danielle Nunez
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I keep replaying the conversation in my mind; on our way to breakfast, my husband brought up the lack of cleanliness of my car. I wanted to defend myself. In all honesty, I had every intention of cleaning it about a million times, but getting it done without the kids just never seemed to work out (so I don’t have to be at the car wash with three kids and three car seats). When he …