According to Wikipedia, Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. She was born into slavery, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826.
As she fought for human dignity she realized that it required a great number of varying resources. While she personally did not have much she relied on God to supply her needs.
This was her prayer: Continue reading
Some prayers seem to be answered quickly; other prayers seem to never be answered.
There are two schools of thought on what you should do while waiting on a prayer to be answered.
One says quite compellingly, that once you asked God for an answer, you wait and trust. Why, after all would a perfect God need reminded of something you asked for previously. So you exercise your faith by showing patience. Bring it to Him once and that is enough. Continue reading
Billy was walking his dog after dark one evening. As Billy and Spot rounded the corner at the end of their block Mr. Franklin’s cat ran out of the hedges and across the street.
Spot ran after the cat so fast Billy didn’t have time to react. The small beagle was now half a block away weaving in and out of cars parked on the street. The animals were moving too fast for Billy to keep pace. It was just a matter of a few seconds before he lost sight of them.