Are you looking to know that you are loved? Are you tired of looking for affection in faces and places that continue to let you down? Most of us believe in God's love - in theory. But we struggle to be convinced of it's powerful and personal presence in our daily lives. We continue to see God as a scorekeeper who needs to be convinced to bless us and pleaded with not to punish us for our never-ending list of mess-ups. Yet God gives us His love and it is in abundance. He is a King who has made us royalty by His choice. We come to Him broken, bruised, and hurting and He extends His hand to pull...

Some time ago my mother-in-law was diagnosed with cancer. My then four year old son would pray each night for God to heal his "Guh Guh" of her cancer. I was completely torn as to handle this situation. How do you begin to explain to a four year old why a God who loves us would allow us to go through difficult things in this life? What if God did not choose, in His will, to heal her? How do you explain God's love in His allowance of trials? I asked the Lord for His help, and He gave me "The Man and The Wall." The question that was asked in order to help a four year old understand the actions...