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March 13, 2023 Melissa Valerio   “Fruit is good for you!” Grandma would say, when she plopped a bowl of cherries in front of me. Delicious! I loved biting into those juicy round balls of goodness and spitting the pits out on a napkin. Sometimes if she let me have my snack outside, I’d spit my […]

March 9, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Jeremiah 1:4-9  After dropping the boys off at school one morning, I took a quick look in the backseat to make sure they didn’t forget their lunch boxes. No lunchboxes left behind, but I did notice the windows smudged from top to bottom with their fingerprints. Sigh… fingerprints AGAIN. […]

March 6, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Romans 9:10-11  The Altar Call. It’s when the preacher on the platform asks if there’s anyone in the audience that wants to be saved. If so, you’re invited to come up to the front of the church, or to raise your hand right where you’re sitting. It’s an invitation […]

March 3, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Humility: Freedom from pride or arrogance; the quality or state of being humble.   Humility is not necessarily a bad thing, it’s only bad when it’s imposed on us to make a spectacle of us or embarrass us. We can all think of times we’ve been humiliated. Whether by an […]

February 27, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Miracles happen all around us, every day. The problem is, we don’t see them unless we need them.   Remember how I said that sometimes God boxes us in on all sides when He wants to reveal Himself in wonderous ways? He’ll put us in situations (outside of our control) […]

February 23, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Have you ever been stuck between a rock and a hard place? You know, when there doesn’t seem to be any hope for your situation? You think to yourself “Now how am I going to get out of this one?”  Doesn’t necessarily need to be a bad situation, it’s […]

February 20, 2023 Melissa Valerio   After settling down in our spirits, understanding that God has everything under control and is working everything out in His proper timing, now we can REST in His plan/promise. Easier said than done, I know. Because resting is ongoing. No matter how loooooooong. Definitely easier said than done.  One of the ten […]

February 16, 2023 Melissa Valerio   For a long while, when I was still working at my previous job, I felt the calling of God to go into ministry. I just knew He was shaping my heart to run after Him in this arena. Day after day, I felt the tug growing stronger. I’d wake […]

February 13, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Ever wonder how Valentine’s Day became a traditional holiday? Wikipedia says this: Saint Valentine was a priest of Rome who was imprisoned for helping persecuted Christians. As legend has it, on the night before he was to be executed, he healed the blind daughter of a jailer, restoring her sight. He was […]

February 9, 2023 Melissa Valerio   As far as timing is concerned, all of us fall into one of three categories:  early, late, or right-on-time. Early is preferred, right? Especially when we’re arriving for work. Late is no good for anyone. But right-on-time, now that’s a class in itself. I think it takes more effort […]