The season known in North America for being one of the most stressful times of the year is upon us: Christmas! In the rehab hospital where I worked, we would always get a spike in numbers of stroke survivors following Christmas. In addition, more people fall and break...
Have you asked a friend lately, "How are you?" Their answer is usually something like "Busy; I'm so, so busy." That might be your answer, too. I know mine could be as well. We're all ridiculously busy. Strange though, a group of quails taught me just how crazy that...
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30) Often, as I...
"Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world." (Ps. 46:10 NLT) The cable went out this afternoon. I could see through my bedroom window the white trucks parked next to the pole and the cable guys working...
Hubby and I agreed to get a brief video done. So I reached for my purse. "Wait a minute," I said, "let me put on some lipstick before you begin. Why can't I toss vanity out the window? But dare I say that we all have a trace of that from time to time. Some of us are...
My precious mother-in-law, Maman, left this earth to be with the Lord on Valentine's Day of last year. It was tough times for all of us, but God, in His loving way, used this sad consequence of sin to teach us some valuable lessons about peace, about trust, about...
"…and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace." (Ephesians 6:15) My husband is not a shopper. But the sneakers he'd had for a long time had seen their day. He decided to bite the bullet and go for it, make a trip to the store and...
"As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set his face toward Jerusalem" (Luke 9: 51: NIV). Early in his ministry, Jesus revealed who he was: John, the writer of the fourth gospel, shows us Jesus healing a man on the Sabbath Day, and...
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28) One evening while we were away it rained. Loads of rain. Lots of thunder and lightning. This morning the river seemed to be hustling along more rapidly than yesterday. From the...
Last year, during the season of celebration of Jesus' death and resurrection, a devotional entitled "White Easter" was published, inspired by the snow storm we had experienced here in Canada on Easter Sunday 2015. The point was made that Easter is indeed a time to be...