Heart Hope by Olga

I have no clue as to how an airplane gets into the air and stays there for hundreds of miles, but I do trust the fact that it will happen. Each time I board a jet-liner, I put my faith and trust in something that I do not understand and cannot explain. I know there are laws of aerodynamics that determine speed, size, shape, engine thrust, etc., but since I can hardly fold a paper airplane to keep it airborne for any length of time I would never attempt to describe the way an aircraft flies.  My lack of understanding does not prevent me from getting on the plane, buckling my seat belt and relaxing while the plane and pilot work in tandem to get me to my destination. If I can have faith in an inanimate object and a frail human pilot, why should I have trouble putting my faith in the Creator of the Universe? He has given us evidence of Himself in the world that He designed. It all points to Him, so why do we choose to ignore those signs and try to do things our own way? Faith is...

It’s funny what adults assume the components of a “good night” should include, but through the eyes of a child it might not be at all what we visualize. We tend to believe that we have to entertain them and spend money by taking them out to do something special, maybe to a movie or out to dinner or going to play Putt-Putt in order for them to have a fun evening.  It was a Friday night; a night to begin the relaxation of the weekend and the afternoon had been pretty run of the mill. We had picked the kids up from school, had made a trip to Wal-Mart and then upon arriving home, sat outside on one of the cool October evenings in Houston, conversing with the neighbors while the kids played with the Halloween decorations in the yard next door. After returning home to settle in for the evening, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were made for dinner and Caillou was the TV show of the evening. Margaret, Billy, Will, Molly and I were just hanging out in a house that was filled with bo...