by Debbie W. Wilson | Apr 10, 2023 | Eternal Perspective, Eternal Security, Fear, Grief, Wisdom
Would you rather attend a party or a funeral? Seems like a silly question. Yet King Solomon wrote about the value of visiting a house of mourning. Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties” (Eccles. 7:2 NLT). Last month offered me more funerals than...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Mar 13, 2020 | Eternal Security, Faith, Fear, Health, Peace, Worry
Have you wondered what Jesus would say to us about the coronavirus? My inbox if full of emails from merchants and event planners sharing precautions they’re executing to protect me from this virus.
by Debbie W. Wilson | Jan 22, 2019 | Eternal Security, Faith, Grief, Trusting God
I attended the funeral of one of the most robust, energetic, and alive people I’ve ever known. Death for Bruce is incomprehensible. And yet, he’s gone. The next day as our small group read John 11, the boldness of Jesus’ words to Martha struck me. Martha and...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Nov 6, 2018 | Eternal Security, Life skills, Relationship with God, Salvation
Can a person know for sure if they are going to heaven? Or do we live the best we can and hope we won’t be disappointed? I well remember sitting in my college apartment and having a young woman ask me when I’d become a Christian. “I grew up in the church. I walk... by Debbie W. Wilson | Mar 21, 2016 | Easter, Eternal Security, Strength
Have you experienced the double blessing of Easter? I started attending a beautiful historic church in Savannah, Georgia nine months before I was born. But the meaning of Easter didn’t impact me until I was in middle school. At a chapel service at Epworth by the Sea,... by Debbie W. Wilson | Apr 21, 2014 | Easter, Eternal Security, Grief, Hope
The day before Easter my daughter attended the funeral of a young man killed in an accident. This was also our family’s first Easter without my beloved aunt. These events reminded me of a Bible passage that beautifully juxtaposes the hope of Easter with death...