Connie Writes

His Banner -   September 2018 Connie’s Corner Faith by Connie Hawkins As I sit at my computer thinking what to write for the September issue of His Banner I find my thoughts wandering to several friends who are having a tough time.   One dear friend has had a stroke, another is battling cancer, and one is in rehab fighting an infection; my husband’s coffee buddy recently died.   Dear me I say to myself, what next? I honestly don’t know how a life without Jesus survives.   I do know that trials, those of my friends, as well as my own, keep me on my knees.   Difficulties and struggles are a challenge to our faith, and faith is simply trusting God when we don’t know what lies ahead. When we are beside ourselves wondering what is going to happen next that is the time to exercise our faith and belief in a God who loves us so much that he won’t let us down; we won’t suffer alone.   When we find ourselves on the edge of a cliff two things will happ...

Every now and then an article comes across my desk that really touches my heart.   This is one of those articles (author unknown) worth sharing with my blog fans. A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six pack of Root beer and he started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman   sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his Root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry, so he offered her a Twinkie. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a Root beer. Again, she smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word. As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before h...

Work is love made visible.  It's a good thing I don't make my living writing blogs for according to this dashboard I haven't entered a blog since April! How can that be I ask myself? I must have another blog account somewhere for I know I couldn't have gone four months without writing -- could I? I love words too much without writing on a daily basis. Will Rogers said he loved words only he didn't like strange words because you don't understand them and they don't understand you.  But old familiar words are like old friends you know 'em the minute you see 'em.  So even though I haven't written a blog in four months, the words are still inside my head and now it's time to let them out!  I'm back!