Author: Diane Collins

Do you know that a baby elephant weighs about 248 pounds?  This is very impressive if you compare it to a full grown chipmunk that weights about 3-5 ounces.  But…

Good morning from The Garden! "Go for it!" "Look out for #1!" "Find yourself!" "Set high goals and achieve them!"Every motivational and self-help book is filled with this advice. But…

"Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world." 1 John 4:4Temptation may be stronger than you are, but John assures you that God is stronger!God…

Sunday morning at my church we baptized a youth who had received Christ in her heart; we listened as two of our members pray in their native language with hearts full…

I love my family!  Nothing that any of them do can stop me from loving them.  God loves everyone. In spite of all that we do to keep God from…

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches…

I love looking at old photos. I am always reminded of the excitement and vibrancy of youth.Pictures of my grandpa and grandma when their children were young, pictures of my mom…

Avoiding what is wrong makes doing what is right much easier.This is the godly advice we find in this scripture:"Don't worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and supplication…

I was driving along the service road in my home town the other day and as I passed near McDonald's, I noticed a large pickup pulling out.  Now this pickup…