by Barbara Lardinais | March 8, 2023 | Wake Up Call
I remember an old business friend of mine proudly displaying home grown cotton in his office one year. Cotton does not grow well in the Midwest to begin with and then on top of that we had a drought that summer. Still, he had a harvest! As I congratulated his...
by Barbara Lardinais | March 3, 2023 | Wake Up Call
We are told to “draw near with confidence to the throne of grace” (Hebrews 4:16) yet when we think about God’s greatness we often feel more like shrinking back. At least that’s how I have often felt, how about you? Our picture of Creator God on...
by Barbara Lardinais | February 24, 2023 | Wake Up Call
The nighttime visit of the angels to the shepherds out in their fields at the birth of Christ is a telling detail of the Christmas story. It reminds us of something important about God becoming man: it is in darkness that light can best be seen. I well remember how...
by Barbara Lardinais | February 17, 2023 | Wake Up Call
I was recently reading the testimony of a recovering drug addict. He said that a life changing concept for him in overcoming his habit was being told that emotions are not facts. This was revolutionary to his thinking because he took drugs over the years partly...
by Barbara Lardinais | February 10, 2023 | Wake Up Call
There is an anonymous quote which says: “You can’t escape until you realize that you are a prisoner.” How true! It reminds me of a story Jesus told of the prodigal son who was smart enough to realize he was a prisoner and subsequently escape. The...
by Barbara Lardinais | February 3, 2023 | Wake Up Call
Have you ever met a person best described as “Ouchie”? They are super sensitive and their feelings get hurt quite easily. You wonder why they have such thin skin. This story may help to explain it. Once as a child I fell off my bike and busted open my knee...
