"To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven..." (Eccl 3:1, NKJV) My cat has a new "favourite" spot: Between my eyes and the computer screen! There are only two things that will make her go away: Throwing her off, or allowing her to suck up...
It had been a good, productive day, but it had also been a long day, one that was precipitated by an almost sleepless night. I was exhausted, a familiar ache had developed between my shoulder blades, and my lower back was hurting. To say that I was looking forward to...
I had my 18 month Oncology check-up earlier this week. Though the news was all good, there was this one little test the Oncologist wished for me to undergo...Just to make sure... Suddenly I found myself faced with a decision: Do I get upset that there might be a...
My mouth dropped open when I saw the picture on Facebook. What on earth were all those Bible College students doing smashing a car? And perhaps more importantly, what was my own son doing in that picture, crowbar in hand? I figured there had to be a reasonable...
Happy New Year! This common greeting so often heard this time of year is meant for one purpose: To wish us all unending happiness through the upcoming year. This is my wish and prayer for each of you in 2015 as well. In our own experiences, however, we know that this...
Have you ever wondered where to find the path to a blessed life? The two-fold secret is outlined in this Psalm: "PRAISE the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His commandments." (Ps 112:1, NKJV) As outlined above, the first step is to...
Last week, in Building Solomon's Temple, Part 1, we discovered the importance of the preparations we do for building our heart-temples. But just how can we prepare to build something as abstract as a "heart-temple?" We look to David and Solomon for the answers: "With...
The grass is always greener—on the other side of the fence! Many of us have heard and used this little idiom, and many languages other than English have similar expressions. What we don't realize, however, as this common adage slips from our lips, is that it sums up...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 6, we saw that our first and foremost reason for approaching God's throne should not be our list of petitions. Rather, the most important reason needs to be to give God glory! When we think of the throne of God, the thing that...
"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift." (2 Cor 9:15) So far in this series, we've been looking at Isaiah 9:6,7 in order to understand the depth and breadth of what Paul describes as Jesus' "Indescribable Gift," the gift we celebrate this Christmas. We have seen...