This morning I stood and prayed at a hospital bedside with a family facing a very serious health crisis. As I prayed with them, one verse echoed in my mind… “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you norContinue reading “Our God never forsakes us”
Category Archives: Family
To everything there is a season…
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, ESV) That Bible verse echoed in my mind last night in the gymnasium of Homewood High School as a season in my son’s life and the life of our family ended. Our Briarwood Lions lost to Pelham in theContinue reading “To everything there is a season…”
Being a friend to your pastor (or a staff member)
“As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.” (Proverbs 27:17, NKJV) Recently Becky and I went out to dinner with a couple from our church with whom we have become friends. It was a couple of hours filled with laughter, stories, and great food. It wasn’t a sermon or aContinue reading “Being a friend to your pastor (or a staff member)”
Grateful for Whitesburg Christian Academy
Yesterday was a bittersweet day for the Corbin family. It was the last day of school at Whitesburg Christian Academy – literally for the Corbin family. Because I began serving at Lakeside already three months into the school year, we made the decision to let Becky and the boys finish the school year out inContinue reading “Grateful for Whitesburg Christian Academy”
Happy 15th birthday, David!!
There are a handful of truly life changing days in a person’s life. Certainly, the day in August, 1978 when I gave my life to Christ was one of those days. December 18, 1993 was another – the day I married my wife and best friend, Becky. July 31, 1998 was a third life changingContinue reading “Happy 15th birthday, David!!”
Two moms I am most thankful for
Today is Mother’s Day 2013, and I wanted to use a post on the blog to mention two very special mothers in my life today. Here is their picture at our last family Christmas celebration… On the left is my mother, Janice Corbin. I am very blessed to have had a good mother who lovedContinue reading “Two moms I am most thankful for”