short and sweet

Short & Sweet: 4 Steps to a More Peaceful Life

“Sold to Mrs. Kane for $150 dollars.” It was Work Day at our school, a tradition in which the seniors raise money for their class trip by auctioning themselves off to the highest bidder. For one day the seniors become workers, at the beckon call of their bosses. In this case, I purchased my own […]

Short & Sweet: Wait a Minute

Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! Psalm 27:14 I must admit it. I never thought it would happen to me, but it has. I have become one of those impatient people who, in a moment of delay, pulls out her phone […]

Short & Sweet: Feast or Famine?

“1 “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters: and you who have no money, “Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 “Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy?” Listen carefully to Me, and eat what […]

Short & Sweet: The Other Cheek by Mary Kane

29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.” Luke 6:29 I admit, I have struggled with this verse; it goes against what comes natural to my flesh. If someone insults me, I want to insult in […]

Short & Sweet: Cross Out by Mary Kane

There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved [Jesus].” Acts 4:12 We all remember taking tests in school. Fill in the dot, multiple choice (otherwise known as multiple guess), true and false, short answer, and the dreaded essay question. If I had […]

Short and Sweet: Nothing but the Truth, by Mary Kane

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive […]