by Bella Pillai | May 16, 2019 | illustrations, Nuggets
God’s Embroidery “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;” Psalm 139:13When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal. I would sit at her knee and look up...
by Bella Pillai | Nov 30, 2018 | illustrations, Nuggets
The Bouquet Sandra felt as low as the heels of her expensive shoes as she pushed against a November gust and the florist shop door. Her life had been easy, like spring breeze. Then in the fourth month of her second pregnancy, a minor automobile accident stole her...
by Bella Pillai | Nov 30, 2018 | illustrations, Nuggets
The Trouble Tree I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat tire made him lose an hour of work & his electric drill quit, his ancient one-ton truck refused to start. As I drove him...
by Bella Pillai | Nov 27, 2018 | illustrations, Nuggets
The Booster Rocket A rocket launch is truly an amazing phenomenon to me. Tons of weight is stacked vertically to the sky with thousands of gallons of fuel exploding in a matter of moments. Soon the rocket drops its take-off boosters and uses additional boosters to...
by Bella Pillai | Aug 23, 2013 | illustrations, Nuggets
The Blue Ribbon ..not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near. Heb 10:25 A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her Seniors in high school by telling them...
by Bella Pillai | Aug 23, 2013 | illustrations, Nuggets
A Teacher's Heart There is a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and...
