The True Light now shineth.
A Brief Testimony by C. Read When I was in the United States Marine Corps, on a temporary assignment to Yuma, Arizona, Iranian college students took 66 hostages from the American Embassy in Tehran on that fateful day of 4 November 1979. Some hostages were released, but 52 Americans remained in captivity for 444 days, until their release on 20 January 1981—the very day Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the President…
2 CommentsThe Last Day of the Feast of Tabernacles 13 October 2023 / 28 Tishrei 5784 I published the first part of this article on 6 October 2023 / 21 Tishrei 5784, the Last Day of the Feast, and I planned to finish it, but I awoke to the news of the horrific attack against the innocent people in Israel. It happened to be the 50th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, when…
Leave a CommentThe Day of Atonement! Yom Kippur 24-25 September 2023 / 10 Tishrei 5784 Romans 5:6-11 “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then,…
2 CommentsToday is an important Biblical Holy Day, know as “the memorial of blowing of trumpets” (a.k.a. Rosh Hashanah); and I encourage you to read my views (at the link provided) on why I believe God’s people should honor these special times and seasons, and seek to understand their great significance. Rosh HaShanah, which means “head of the year” in Hebrew, is the first of the High Holy Days (Leviticus 23:23-25). The sounding…
Leave a Comment“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 It was on this Day Twenty-Two years ago that everything changed! (Please click on the link and read my 9/11 Message from 2022.) On that Day, lives were forever altered! Many souls were lost—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. May we never forget the brave men and women who gave…
Leave a CommentThe Storms of this Life by Hurricane Katrina 29 August 2005 My youngest son had just turned three a month before the storm hit. My little Justus was trying to be so brave when his sister took a picture of him while he was standing beside me in the doorway of our home on that day. His eyes and face were red from crying, and he was holding his lips real tight…
1 CommentPicture taken on 5 August 2023 by As I took this picture I was just about to go inside my home and join my family and friends for a dinner in remembrance of my beloved Husband’s birthday. This cloud formation above the memorial site for my Husband was exactly as it appeared in the sky on that day, with no enhancements or alterations. (It is amazingly similar to the clouds that appeared…
2 Comments5 January 2024 / 24 Tevet 5784 The following are some of my text messages that I have shared with others from February 2022 to December 2023, with the hope that the reflections of my time spent with the LORD God in His Holy Word, will be an encouragement and blessing to those who receive them. We are living in very dark times, that are only getting darker, and I pray that…
Leave a Comment19 August 2024 / 15 AV 5784 Today is the 5th Anniversary of when a dear brother in the LORD left this world. I will never forget him, and I would like to re-share this message in his Memory. 19 August 2023 / 2 Elul 5783 I am posting this message in memory of a dear brother in the LORD, and in honor of those dear saints who have gone on before…
3 Comments26-27 July 2023 / 9 AV 5783 / Tisha B’Av The following passages are foundational to our faith for those of us who are Christians. God’s word is a source of strength, hope, and endurance in the midst of this dark and dying world that is only getting darker and more wicked, just as God has foretold in the Scriptures. 1 Corinthians 1:18-19 “For the preaching of the cross is to them…
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