Mt. Holly Baptist Church

Just the other day both of my boys started back to school. My oldest went to Middle School for the first time as a sixth grader while my youngest moved up to the second grade. I couldn’t’ help but think…

I remember years ago when my parents decided to build an extra room onto our house. They hired a contractor and as a little boy I was amazed at all the work that went into building just one room. Looking back I cannot help but remember the contractor digging the footers, installing rebar, and then pouring the concrete.

And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. (Ezekiel 34:26)

I don’t know about you, but where I live it’s been raining. It’s been raining a lot and it’s not like we can pick up our phones and check the weather app and get an accurate weather forecast. It just seems to rain whenever it wants to and lately that’s been a lot.

I must be honest and say that I’ve never really understood the concept of drought. Not that I don’t know what a drought is, that’s not what I’m saying. What I am saying is that I don’t understand what causes the drought, especially if you’ve received any significant amount of rain…

Romans 6:23

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

As I was thinking about the holidays, I couldn’t help but ask some friends about what first came to their mind when they thought of Christmas. …