God's Glory Church

Reflections on a faith that does not run away from the battle, but goes through it. About freedom from fear, the power of prayer, service to people and God’s presence in life’s trials.

“Bear with one another, and forgive.” — Colossians 3:13 Eighty years in marriage! On May 31, 2021, Pat and Ruth, my husband’s great-grandparents, celebrated this milestone. After a chance meeting in 1941, when Ruth was still in college, the young people fell in love so much that they married the day after graduation. Pat and (…)

“With all humility and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.” — Ephesians 4:2 One morning I was sitting in my chair. My youngest daughter came down to me from the upper floor and immediately jumped into my lap. I dove into her in a paternal way and kissed her on the head. (…)

Thyatira was a small Muslim city that traded in scarlet, that is, wool dyed crimson, bright red, purple. Purple was in ancient times a very precious crimson-colored dye, extracted from the so-called “purple snail.” Lydia, a merchant of purple, came from Thyatira (Acts 16:14). The city of Thyatira had famous copper smelting furnaces.