Author Archives: LaVada Kelley

From the Pit, to Potiphar, to Prison, to Pharaoh, to the Pinnacle How can this be? A question of pain and sorrow which doesn’t have a ready answer. The revelation of God’s will for Joseph’s life left him with pain and suffering. To stand during these times of sorrow caused him to hold fast toContinue reading “Part 2”

Part 1 “Brothers why do you do this to me?” It was the anguished voice of Joseph as he cried from the pit bottom where his brothers had thrown him. His cries of pain fell on deaf ears not penetrating their hearts of stone. Instead, the cries filled his brothers’ jealous hearts with satisfaction. WithContinue reading “From the Pit, to Potiphar, to Prison, to Pharoah, to the Pinnacle”

In the predawn darkness, Mother Bird sat perched on the tree branch. With a lift of her head, she looked for the rising sun as she had for many years. She thought of those many years when the rising sun had been greeted by the song that warbled from her throat. Within her heart andContinue reading “And She Sang”

Love Transcends the Pig Pen The Father’s eyes were not tired as they peered down the road. This was not the first day he watched with vigilance the road stretched out before him. The road on which his son traveled away from him and home. His eyes longed to see; his arms ached to embraceContinue reading “Luke 15:11-24”

Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee Entreat me not to leave thee. These words, spoken from a transformed heart, brought forth one of the greatest stories of love. Words which came from an unselfish, renewed heart of a daughter-in-law, Ruth, to her mother-in-law, Naomi, whom Ruth deeply loved. It was while they traveled the dustyContinue reading “Ruth 1:1-19”

Have mercy on me, oh Lord, thou Son of David came the anguished cry of a frantic Mother. Jesus answered not a word. His disciples sought to send the woman away. Who was his Sidonian that cried after their Master? My daughter is grievously vexed with a spirit. (With a heart deep in pain, sheContinue reading “A Plaintive Cry”