
Making MELONade
Making MELONade Sweet Encouragement in a Sour World My seventy-six-year-old Aunt Dockie has endured significant setbacks in her health. She’s had a massive stroke,

Making MELONade Sweet Encouragement in a Sour World My seventy-six-year-old Aunt Dockie has endured significant setbacks in her health. She’s had a massive stroke,

by Graham Bufford “Encourage one another and build each other up.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11 HCSB Ever heard of a book named Leaves of
Silently, I prayed for guidance to do the right thing. My heart wanted to help him out, but my logic was trying to overrule.
“You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.” Psalm 77:14 (NIV) A community of farmers from a drought
It was not pretty. And definitely not fancy or shiny or glowing in any way. Sometimes a sheep would end up on the roof
“Away in a manger No crib for a bed The Little Lord Jesus Lay down his sweet head The stars in the sky Look
I remember the nervousness like it was yesterday. I was sitting in someone’s living room with about 15 different people I barely knew. Would
How do we find an attitude of gratitude when life sucks? When things don’t go our way? When the train is stuck on the tracks and we can’t get to where we need to go? Or our kids won’t speak to us? Or we get a bad diagnosis from the doctor? Or the checkbook math isn’t making sense and our bills pile up?
by Julia Charleston A few years ago, for no apparent reason, every single smoke alarm in my house started beeping. It began in the

by Julia Charleston “Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind