Tag Archives: love

Breathe

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Hedy Collver

As long as your heart is beating, as long as there is breath in your lungs, you are a child of God walking upon this earth. Reach up to place your fingers against your neck. Feel the pulse there, tapping … Continue reading →

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Love Your Enemies

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Hedy Collver

Luke 6:32-36 (New Living Translation) “If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them! And if you do good only to those who do good to you, … Continue reading →

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Down to Earth Christmas

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Hedy Collver

Text from the Christmas Eve message at Plantation UMC. I don’t remember how young I was the first time I went to a Christmas Eve service. Probably 7 or 8 years old. My family didn’t attend church, but on Christmas … Continue reading →

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A Down to Earth Love

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Hedy Collver

Isaiah 64:1-4 (NLT) Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence! As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. Then … Continue reading →

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Dirty Hands

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Hedy Collver

You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and … Continue reading →

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Blessed

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Hedy Collver

Matthew 4:1-12 (New Revised Standard Version) When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in … Continue reading →

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Living Water

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Hedy Collver

John 4:7-15 (New Revised Standard Version) A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is … Continue reading →

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Called to the Wilderness

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Hedy Collver

Matthew 4:1-11 (New Revised Standard Version) Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said … Continue reading →

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A Knock at Midnight

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Hedy Collver

Luke 11:5-8 (King James Version) And he said unto them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his … Continue reading →

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Prayer – Fort Lauderdale Shooting

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Hedy Collver

By now you most likely have heard about the shooting today at the Fort Lauderdale Airport. Just last night, I was there, picking up my husband. The baggage claim area is usually a place of happy tourists and reunited families. … Continue reading →

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