Troubles abound. God knows. He cares. The day will come when He will make all things right.
My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker
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God Cares
Coincidence? Or a God Who Cares?
It had been one of those days where everything appeared to be going wrong. We only had 360 km to drive, but between secondary roads, creeping through numerous small towns, road construction, and slow-moving vehicles on the road with no passing zones, the kilometres...
Recharge
"For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish." (Jeremiah 31:21 ESV) "He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake." (Psalm 23:3 ESV)Have you ever had the kind of day where no matter what you said or...
How to See God’s Way Out of Our Troubles
“So, I was with some friends preaching in South Africa,” a preacher said, “when a blind woman who sat at the front came up for prayer.The preacher told her Jesus loved her and wanted to heal her blindness. He then placed his hands on her head and prayed. In that...
A Life Story
I love to read, and especially enjoy reading biographies. Reading these accounts gives me a real sense of connection with people of the past, and helps me see how history unfolded during their lifetimes. So many people with fascinating lives were part of...
LENTEN DEVOTIONALS: Thinking
"And He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when He had looked around at everything, as it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve." (Mark 11:11 ESV)I love this verse. It tells us what Jesus did immediately after He rode that donkey into...
LENTEN DEVOTIONALS: Why?
"And He began to speak to them in parables. 'A man planted a vineyard ... and leased it to tenants .... When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him and sent him away...
Friends With God
I have had many friends in my life, ones from childhood, from my school years, university days, and adulthood. Many of these friendships waned, not for bad reasons, but simply because we moved on with our lives in career, location and life. I have had a few unhappy...
Hearing God and Heeding Signal Lights
How do we know what we ought to do? Where do our direction and strength come from?"Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." (Psalm 121:1b-2 NIV)A friend once wrote me about how God helps her to know what she ought to...
A Lost Little Deer
"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it." (Hebrews 13:2 NASB) It was a sweltering day in late Summer. I was a young dad working in a local lumber mill. It was dangerous, back-breaking work that...