by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 29, 2025 | Encouragement, Finding Hope, Miracles
“Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.” Helen Steiner Rice Christmas Eve, 1914 – Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium: Charlie Brewer, a 19-year-old British lieutenant with the Bedfordshire Regiment, shivered in the 3-foot-deep by 3-foot-wide...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 28, 2025 | Against the Odds, Chasing Your Dream, Miracles
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” Napoleon Bonaparte April 2, 1931 – Chattanooga, Tennessee: Young Jackie Mitchell had been too excited to sleep the night before. Chattanooga Lookout owner Joe Engel told her that she might pitch in an exhibition...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 9, 2024 | Determination Despite the Odds, Miracles, Refusing to Quit
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in a world they’ve been given than to explore their power to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. It’s a dare.” Muhammad Ali March...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 14, 2024 | Hanging on to Hope, Limitless Possibilities, Miracles
“God does not answer vague prayers. The more specific your prayers are, the more glory God receives.” Mark Batterson December 8, 1944 – The Ardennes Forest – Germany: After three weeks of steady rain, General George Patton...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 1, 2024 | Hanging on to Hope, Limitless Possibilities, Miracles
Most of us don’t get what we want because we quit praying. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens.” Mark Batterson Wednesday, September 23, 1857 – New York City: Jeremiah climbed the creaking stairs to the small room on the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 6, 2024 | Long Shots, Miracles, Perserverance, Refusing to Quit
“Creation is the Lord’s providence; the man who made this invention was touched by God.” Peter Schoeffer August 1454 – Frankfurt, Germany: Johann Gutenberg took his Bibles to the Autumn Fair, a two-week trade...
