It was four in the morning when it happened. I couldn't sleep, and I finally just got up. I had just picked up my new cell phone the day before, my first "smart" phone, and I decided to play with it a bit. Maybe it would help me go to sleep! I started out to try and...
Murphy's law: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Not exactly the descriptor most people would like to attach to their vacation notes, but I couldn't help calling our recent trip to Scotland by this name. It all started out with a 15 minute thunderstorm in...
I know of no other apple as delicious as a Pink Lady. They aren't locally grown in my region of Canada, and I usually have to buy them from one of the superstores in the United States. All week long I had been enjoying them, and I had saved my last one for our trip. I...
"After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel." (Judges 3:31) This text caught my eye this morning. How could someone kill 600 Philistines when all he was armed with was an oxgoad? What an odd...
"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." (Jas 1:2-4, NKJV) I sprained my big toe last...
I can tell you from firsthand experience that cleaning up after animals isn’t the most pleasant job in the world. When my boys were young, we all wanted to learn to ride. Horseback riding is expensive, however, so when we began taking riding lessons, we also began...
I have recently begun to notice some patterns to my behavior. I am not quite as calm as I normally am, and my "well-controlled" temper is, well let's just say it is not so well-controlled. Is it lack of sleep? Worry? Is it the fact that the Canadian winter was still...
"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (2 Corinthians 9:15) I am sitting in my favorite chair, looking across the family room at the gifts that are already under the Christmas tree. It is true that my cat has already tried to unwrap them, and many are now...
Last week, in "Lessons From Jesus' Trial," Part 4, we learned from the courts of Herod that just because something is physically possible for us doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. We must always examine our motivation, and when our motivation is purely personal...
You are all familiar with the story. God asked Abraham to give up the thing that was the most precious to him in the whole world: He had to lay the promised son, the same one he had waited over 25 years after the promise to receive, to say nothing of the 75 years...