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April 15, 2024 Melissa Valerio   My 12-year-old son, Victor, knows exactly how to get under his sister’s skin. Being on the autism spectrum, Holly is sensitive to loud noises. Fireworks terrify her, sirens are tolerable if they’re a safe distance away, and fire alarms get her fidgety and restless. But unsuspecting “boo”s from her […]

April 8, 2024 Melissa Valerio   Meddle: to interest oneself in what is not one’s concern: interfere without right or propriety.    (Mirriam-Webster)    Nooooooooobody likes a meddler or busybody. Am I right or am I right? That person that always seems to know the most recent gossip about everyone else including yourself. Who just […]

April 1, 2024 Melissa Valerio   Can you imagine what it must have been like for Mary to find the tomb empty? That’d be like going to the cemetery to visit your loved one, only to find the coffin dug up and empty. Bewildered, shocked, confused, angry. I’m sure her first thought wasn’t that He […]

March 25, 2024 Melissa Valerio   “God rescued us from a terrible death, and he will rescue us. We have set our hope on him that he will rescue us again, since you are helping with your prayer for us. Then many people can thank God on our behalf for the gift that was given to […]

March 18, 2024 Melissa Valerio   It’s funny how time will grow the economy (mostly) all on its own. I read an article last week about the incredibly overpriced gifts the Tooth Fairy has started giving these days. Jewelry, luxury purses, lump sums of cash. When I was growing up, we put our teeth in […]

March 11, 2024 Melissa Valerio   The other day, my 9-year-old son said he wanted to be rich when he grows up. He wants a big house, a Lamborghini in the garage, and fancy clothes to wear. “Hmmm,” I said “Well, you know what’s better than having all that?” I asked, “Jesus” he answered. “Yes!” […]

March 4, 2024 Melissa Valerio   “Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of His great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.” Isaiah 40:26 NLT    No one knows for sure, but there is estimated […]

February 26, 2024 Melissa Valerio   “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” 1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV  The idea that destruction can […]

February 19, 2024 Melissa Valerio   “Delay never thwarts God’s purposes; it only polishes His instrument.”  – V. Raymond Edman    Waiting is inevitable. We wait our turn, we wait for our meals at restaurants, we wait for our Amazon package to be delivered, we wait for our kids to mature. Sometimes it feels like […]

February 12, 2024 Melissa Valerio   “But if a person isn’t loving and kind, it shows that he doesn’t know God—for God is love.” 1 John 4:8 (TLB)    In theory, this verse makes sense. But in reality, it does not play out in my own personal life as it should. Because I do know God, and yet […]