by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2025 | Prophetic
I was walking through the historic cemetery in our town and noticed that someone had installed a statue of Jesus facing one of the tombs. At first glance, I recognized the statue as someone’s expression of their faith based on a particular expression of their belief...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 5, 2025 | Prophetic
When we are young, we don’t consider our death. As we grow older and our years on Earth increase, the inevitability of our death will make itself known. We realize our death is coming and there is nothing we can do about the timing of its arrival. At some point, we...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 5, 2025 | Prophetic
After our death, the life we chose to live will become a memory. Death leaves behind only memories. I was reminded of this by reading John L. Moore’s collection of memories from his previous writing, recounting those in his life, both family and friends, who left...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 3, 2024 | Prophetic
We never know when this life will end. Our passing can come from a variety of issues and in unexpected ways. Some of us will live for many years. Others will die young, What we need to possess in the years of life we have been allotted is a willingness to keep...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 3, 2024 | Prophetic
Perhaps it’s our age, but Jan and I are praying for the time when one of us dies and the other is left alone. After 51 years of marriage, we have become so one in the Spirit that it will be impossible, in human terms, to process that time and the emotional loss the...
