When Bill Pinkney sailed solo around the world in mdash taking the hard route around the perilous Great Southern Capes mdash he did it for a higher purpose His voyage was to inspire and educate children That included students at his former inner-city Chicago elementary school His goal To show how far they could go by studying hard and making a commitment mdash the word he chose in naming his boat When Bill takes schoolkids on the water in Commitment he says ldquo They rsquo ve got that tiller in their hand and they learn about control self-control they learn [... more]

In a recent post blogger Bonnie Gray recounted the moment when overwhelming sadness began to creep into her heart ldquo Out of the blue rdquo she stated ldquo during the happiest chapter in my life I suddenly started experiencing panic attacks and depression rdquo Gray tried to find different ways to address her pain but she soon realized that she wasn rsquo t strong enough to handle it alone ldquo I hadn rsquo t wanted anyone to question my faith so I kept quiet and prayed that my depression would go away But God wants to heal us not shame [... more]

A record rainfall more than tripled what was forecasted in Waverly Tennessee in August In the wake of the powerful storm twenty people lost their lives and hundreds of homes were destroyed Had it not been for the compassion and skill of helicopter pilot Joel Boyers the loss of human life would rsquo ve been even greater The pilot took flight in response to a phone call from a woman who was concerned about her loved ones In addition to seeing houses on fire and cars in trees Boyers noted ldquo It was nothing but muddy raging water below me [... more]

In at the age of ninety-four George Vujnovich was awarded the bronze star for organizing what the New York Times called ldquo one of the greatest rescue efforts of World War II rdquo Vujnovich son of Serbian immigrants had joined the US army and when word arrived that downed American airmen were being protected by rebels in Yugoslavia Vujnovich returned to his family rsquo s homeland parachuting into the forest to locate the pilots Dividing the soldiers into small groups he taught them how to blend in with the Serbs wearing Serbian clothes and eating Serbian food Then over months [... more]

Link to The Ten Words PDF A Thanksgiving feast in God's Word - listen and see below Psalms Robby's Thanksgiving Meditation Blue Letter Bible Cross refrence to John hn He that believeth on me as the scripture hath said out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water Phrase from KJV Correlating Verses TSK Help He that Deu out Jhn Job Pro Pro Isa Isa Isa Isa Eze - Zec Gal Eph He that Tools Deu The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto [... more]

The cockeyed squid lives in the ocean rsquo s ldquo twilight zone rdquo where sunlight barely filters through the increasingly deep waters The squid rsquo s nickname is a reference to its two extremely different eyes the left eye develops over time to become considerably larger than the right mdash almost twice as big Scientists studying the mollusk have deduced that the squid uses its right eye the smaller one to look down into the darker depths The larger left eye gazes upward toward the sunlight nbsp The squid is an unlikely depiction of what it means to live in [... more]

Save me O God for the waters are come in unto my soul I sink in deep mire where there is no standing I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me Psalm - [... more]

Save me O God for the waters are come in unto my soul I sink in deep mire where there is no standing I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me Psalm - [... more]