by Garris Elkins | Dec 13, 2017 | Change, Death, Faith, Freedom, Future, Love, Thankfulness, Worship
It has been two weeks since my dog died. Abby was an Australian Shepherd who lived as a member of our family for 15 wonderful years from puppyhood to her dying day. She was a good friend. For all 15 years of her life, Abby went in and out of her doggie door to...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 16, 2017 | Courage, Freedom, Honor, Identity, Kingdom of God, Power, Prophecy, Reconciliation, Restoration, Worship
A friend of mine, Keith Jenkins, shared a story on his Facebook wall that was so poignant it arrested my heart and my emotions. Fifty-eight years ago today, a little black girl named Ruby Bridges was escorted into a segregated school by federal marshals. Her beautiful...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 4, 2017 | Discipline, Eternity, Freedom, Hope, Intimacy, Peace, Spiritual Warfare, Thankfulness, Trust, Wisdom, Worship
I awakened in the middle of the night and turned over in bed. I was now facing in Jan’s direction. Like I do many times in the middle of the night, I took a moment to pray for her before slipping back to sleep. Jan was sleeping so deep and in such peace that she...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 27, 2017 | Change, Death, Fear, Future, Identity, Promise, Revelation, Thankfulness, Truth, Worship
The old dead oak tree stood on the hill above me, a bark-less memory of another life. This old gray wooden statue held his head high among the young oaks still generations away from the gray of death. They were prospering in the insulated virility of their...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 18, 2017 | Creativity, Eternity, God, Worship
Per NASA (1999 data), in the last 5,000 years, the Earth has experienced 11,898 eclipses. 3,173 have been total. Enjoy the eclipse event but avoid letting it Y2K your life. It is a very noteworthy natural event that is part of life in our solar system. However, never...
by Garris Elkins | Jul 13, 2017 | Hope, Joy, Prayer, Prophecy, Teaching, Worship
Have you ever started to sing the opening lines of an old song but forget the rest of the lyrics? You sounded great singing the first few words then mumbled the remainder of the chorus hoping you might recall the lyrics. I just did that with an old 60’s song. As I was...
