Over the past few weeks, we have learned many important aspects of developing and nurturing a relationship with God. We've learned that God plays the major roll in the relationship, but that we also have a part to play. We've learned how much God desires to be with...
“You don’t believe me!” I’m afraid to admit that I say these words pretty often. But even more often, I hear others saying them! In fact, I was watching a TV show last weekend and observed these words being spoken between friends. The result? A fight broke out and the...
"Call unto me and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.” Jeremiah 33:3* Isn’t our God awesome? He truly does delight in answering prayer. When I was just Junior-aged, World War II broke out and my parents became separated by...
"Let love be your highest goal." (1 Corinthians 14-1) I have heard this and believed it all my life, how God loves all his creation, from the smallest creatures to his human children, and amazingly so. But I don't think the point was driven home to me until last...
Meditate on Psalm 18:1-2: “I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my Rock and Fortress and my Deliverer; my GOD, my Strength, in whom I will trust; my Shield and the Horn Of My Salvation, my Stronghold.” 1. THE LORD IS MY ROCK FOUNDATION - The Hebrew word...
My son got Fang his senior year of college. In the spring he brought Fang to me, because he was going to be gone for spring break and neither he nor his room mates would be home. Fang lived with me for 7 years from 1995 through 2002. That is when I sent him to my son...
I was pouring water into a trough just over the fence in a neighbour's paddock. Drought had taken away the water supply for his sheep but we have an underground flow and could keep the trough full.Further down the hill, among the rocks, his sheep heard the water being...
The white Cockatoo is an Australian parrot and it lives in the Eastern mountains in huge flocks. By following the Cockatoos, people found sights and views not known before and small communities were established in those isolated places. In time, a train line was built...
It is easy to convince yourself that God doesn't care about the little things and that we shouldn't even be bothering Him with such trivia. After all, He IS God of the universe. He doesn't have time to worry about every detail of our lives! But God does care about...
Last week, in God Guides, Part 1, we looked at a striking example of how God guides, even with the little stuff, in the story of how we decided to get a kitten, what kind of a kitten, and from where. But it wasn't until we looked back at the timing if it all that we...