Spiritual Moments

The Woman and the Blood The holiday season is quickly approaching us. It is the time when most people spend time with family and other loved ones, and for this brief period of time, most people seem truly happy and caring. But for some, it is a time of loneliness and isolation giving them pain instead of joy since a lot of people do not have anyone.  Also, sad but true, even those with family members or perceived loved ones around every day still remark that they are lonely. There might be loads of people in your circle of life, nevertheless, like someone once said, “you can be lonely in a crowd.” However, I would like to remind you that those emotions are not real, they are just feelings meant to cause you despair or depression. The Holy Spirit, too, wanted me to remind you that if you have accepted the precious gift of Jesus, and call Him Lord, “You are never alone, He is with you.” It might seem as if no one cares for you, the world had as abandoned you, or `you are suffering

Jawbreakers and God's Love I would like to relate a story today about an incident that I witnessed a couple of days ago at my workplace. Sometimes we get kids in the office with their parents, and their behaviors are so cute or outrageous I remember them for long periods afterward. Resting on our counter, we always keep a collection of candies with various types of the sweet goodies. Jawbreakers, gummy bears, hard candies, chocolates, etc. are available and not being that concerned over the candy hogs we let our visitors take as many as they want. While waiting for her mother to process her insurance, a small child, possibly 3 or 4 years of age, spotted the candy dish. Delightfully I watched her eyes light up when she saw all of the delicious treats.   Long red curly hair was dangling down along her small delicate face; she looked almost angelic as she smiled at me. Freckles covering her chubby cheeks gave her baby face an, even more, innocence; her beautiful express