Adam, a bright-eyed 3-year-old, had been told of his German heritage. After church in early December, I asked him if he had a part in the Sunday school Christmas pageant.

“Yes,” he replied, his eyes filling with joy. “I am going to be a German shepherd!”

One Liner
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”

Thought for the day
The Bible says: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV).In other words, you can’t earn your way to heaven. You can’t work your way in. It’s just a gift.