With the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere just days away, my thoughts turn to how truly blessed we are to have sunshine. Sure, we don't get as much of it as we'd like to in December, but here in Canada we sure make up for it in June! As I think about this, I...
I didn't need the calendar to tell me. Nor did I need to look outside at 7:00 am to see that it was still dark. No, it was my daylight soul and Vitamin D deprived spirit that screamed the message loud and clear: We're approaching the shortest day of the year! The...
Each spring, the melting snows flow into the Madawaska River. From its source in Algonquin provincial park, it spills from lake to lake, punctuated by hydro dams along its course, until it meets at last the Ottawa River. The lakes rise and break their chains of...
"My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before Him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm." (Daniel 6:22 ESV) This verse places us in an historic moment in the life of Daniel. His love...
"Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for you are my praise." (Jeremiah 17:14 ESV)"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." (Psalms 147:3 ESV)A wise person told me yesterday, "If we dont hurt we dont heal. If everything...
My brother lives in the Ottawa Valley, by a lake nicknamed the Lake of Storms. Often choppy, the wind can whip the water into high waves and whitecaps quickly. All wise boaters know when to go ashore! This pales, though, in comparison to storms at sea."Others went out...
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10 ESV) "Getting-through times”, those times we go through that we have not chosen and...
“I dread this year,” someone posted. “I don’t think I’ll stomach the political scene with all the accusations and insults.”Not sure if you agree. But one thing for sure is that as we sail off into the sea of another year, no one can predict what awaits us. Will it be...
Admittedly, the five words in this devotion’s title flow out of my mouth a lot. Sometimes I’m calm, other times I have tears running down my cheeks. There are even times when I’m furious at God because he has chosen not to answer me, or even offer a clue as to how he...
"You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water." (Ps. 63:1 NIV)I grew up in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge Occupation. I remember that on April 17, 1975, it was announced...