After a long Canadian winter, spring is always a welcome sight. And when spring arrives a bit early, the frozen north rejoices. This year was no exception. After weeks of ice and snow, the Niagara Peninsula welcomed the arrival of spring in late February with open...
"Cursed before the LORD is the man who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: 'At the cost of his firstborn son will he lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest will he set up its gates.'" (Josh 6:26) After the fall of Jericho, Joshua, under the inspiration...
"These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect." (Heb 11:39-40) The list is awesome. All the pillars of our faith are...
In Proverbs, King Solomon tells us that “a happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones" (17:22 Amplified). We are also told that “anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad"...
“So Boaz said to Ruth, ‘My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field and don't go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls. I have told the men not to touch you....
“Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years of Jehoiada the priest . . . After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. They abandoned the temple of the LORD, the God of their fathers,...
“. . . So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ . . .” (Php 1:10) There isn’t anything that is much more irritating. You place your foot firmly on the ground, and—OUCH! There it is! That sharp point pushed...
When my Golden Retriever puppy was eight months old, she didn’t know she was supposed to be a water dog. Oh, she loved “wading”; but she was deathly afraid of getting into the water deeper than her chest! This particular peculiarity of hers was a bit of a...
“Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isa 1:18) AMP It’s absolutely amazing! You punch a button and wait for 3 hours, and...
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of SELF-DISCIPLINE.” (2 Ti 1:7). The third chapter of the book of Judges records an interesting story. Israel was enslaved to Eglon, the Moabite king. Now, not a lot is recorded about...