Author: Melissa Paul

The gift of family is such a blessing.  I was able to be there with my sister when she gave birth to her first child, my oldest niece.  It has been great to see my […]

I’ve been going through a difficult time lately…a bit of a valley.  I won’t go into all the details, but it involves being very ill off and on for the last four weeks, as well […]

This year I’ve been reading Acts in a Bible study.  An interesting point was brought to my attention in chapter 21.  Paul was on a missionary journey and had stopped in Caesarea.  A prophet named […]

Sometimes we pray and either wait many years or don’t ever see the outcome or God’s answer on this side of Heaven.  Recently, God has blessed me by letting me see the resulting fruit of […]

This time of year is a good time for self-reflection.  I tend to think back on the past year, as well as what may lie ahead in the new one to come. I’ve been reading […]

It’s a marathon, not a sprint.  I tell myself this sometimes when I feel frustrated with life.  Life is hard.  The Christian life was not meant to be easy, either. Sometimes I get frustrated that […]

Recently while studying the book of Acts, my attention was brought to a woman of the Bible – Dorcas.  In Acts 9:36, it reads, “In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, […]

The Christian life is full of ups and downs.  God never promised it would be easy, but He did say He would never leave us nor forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5) As believers, we have wonderful […]