by Teresa Shields Parker | May 26, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Sweet Surrender
May was thin, graceful Chinese freshman who lived in our dorm and was my friend. After a couple of months, she started having severe headaches. After flying to her aunt’s house in the states, my beautiful friend died of a brain aneurysm. Her death hit me hard. She was... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 18, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Sweet Surrender
I grew up in a very missions-minded church. With this emphasis on missions and my desire to do something special in God’s Kingdom, it wasn’t unusual I went forward in several services over the years to volunteer to be a foreign missionary. I had my heart set on... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 11, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose, Sweet Surrender
It didn’t start out that way. I loved to honor Grandma by reciting poems for her church’s Christmas program. It made me happy to speak because it made her happy. Then came the year I was 12. Grandma decided since I did such a good job learning one poem a year, she...