Spring of Hope

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions                                 Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here    A Better Plan A large part of life centers around anticipation.  Christmas, vacations, mission trips, sporting events are filled with exciting anticipations. All grow in value because of the hours we spend looking forward to them—eagerly running through our minds the fun, challenges, and excitement they bring. Any mother can tell you that waiting to give birth is an experience that builds patience. But pity the poor mother elephant! It takes about 22 months for an unborn elephant to mature to birth! The shark known as the spiny dogfish has a pregnancy duration of 24 months. And at elevations above 4,600 feet, the Alpine salamander endures a gestational period of up to 38 months! ...

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  After a two-month trip to International Space Station, the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley returned to Earth on Aug. 2 2020. The splashdown is set for 2:48 p.m. EDT (1948 GMT) off the coast of Pensacola, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. It will mark the first water landing since 1975, when the NASA astronauts on the joint Apollo-Soyuz test mission returned home. Man has always been curious about the sky and the stars. Richard Branson’s second spaceship Unity was unveiled on February 19, 2016 that can take 6 passengers and 2 pilots to the space and back.  Famed cosmologist and physicist Stephen Hawking , said during its unveiling in a recorded voice, “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult lif...

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  The London zoo introduced a four-day exhibit: “Humans in Their Natural Environment.” They added a human display as part of the exhibits. The human “captives” were chosen through an online contest. To help visitors understand the humans, the zoo workers created a sign detailing their diet, habitat, and threats. According to the zoo’s spokesperson, the goal of the exhibit was to downplay the uniqueness of human beings. But one participant in the exhibit seemed to disagree. “When they see humans as animals here, it reminds them that we’re not.” God “fearfully and wonderfully” made us in “His image” (Psalm 139:14; Genesis 1:26–27). Like a master weaver, God not only formed the intricacies of internal and external features of man but also He also made him a living soul, giving spiritual life and the ability to intimately relate to God. Human beings are special. God created us with marve...