Many consider it the most beautiful building in the world. 20,000 workers spent seventeen years building it at a cost of millions of dollars. Built primarily of white marble, more than 28 types of precious and semi-precious stones were used as well, gathered from all over Asia. It was built out of love by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to her fourteenth child.… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Bereavement
WILL WE KNOW EACH OTHER IN HEAVEN?
Anyone who has lost a loved one to death is interested in knowing the answer to this question. Every man will one day face death, and needs assurance of heaven. All of us hope to be reunited with loved ones who have gone on before, but if we will not know each other in heaven, then the bonds made on earth are forever severed in death.… Continue Reading
ONE SMALL LIFE
Andrew Allen was just seven years old when he passed from this life on October 22, 2022, after a brief fatal illness. The shock of his death continues to reverberate through his family, church and community in Pikeville, KY.
Andrew and his family (parents Josh and April, and sisters Ella and Chloe) visited us this past Spring. We had a great time together visiting and seeing some of the sights, including the Vulcan statue that overlooks Birmingham.… Continue Reading
“THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE” — JOSH ALLEN
“Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.’” (Matthew 19:13-14)
Before this, Jesus “…called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.… Continue Reading