"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." (Isaiah 43:18-19) All throughout the Biblical history, we see numerous examples...
"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you." (Joel 2:25, NKJV) When I read this verse, I can't help but substitute words for "Locust."...
Even in the frozen northlands of Canada, winter does not last forever. I know this is true, I have experienced 30 years of the changing Canadian seasons, yet somehow, last year, I didn't believe it. While most of the northern hemisphere basked in unseasonably warm...
"Suddenly, Jesus met them. 'Greetings,' he said." (Matthew 28:9)Our neighbors had been out fishing. What a beautiful day! The good catch made it even better. Tired, happy hands threw the fish out of the cooler, up onto the dock. One guy started cleaning the boat,...
It was midnight, and I lay tossing and turning on my mattress. Again. Lord God, cried my heart, it is such a little thing, why can't I fall asleep anymore? I finally got up. What sense was there in lying in bed when you can’t sleep? Besides, my shoulder was sore, and...
I had my 18 month Oncology check-up earlier this week. Though the news was all good, there was this one little test the Oncologist wished for me to undergo...Just to make sure... Suddenly I found myself faced with a decision: Do I get upset that there might be a...
"you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." (James 4:14) Morning dawned foggy and misty. It took us by surprise, as we had expected bright, sunny and clear as it had been every...
"Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, 'The Lord has done great things for them.'" (Ps. 126:2 NKJV) I am finding that my eyes are a little more moist these days. I seem to be tearing up from time to...
In the penultimate part of the series on the different dimensions to the heroic account of Sharach, Mesach, Abenego's death-defying act, we come to the second dimension: Decree... The wonder of the story of heroic faith of Shadrach, Mesach, Abednego (belonging to the...
I don't know about you, but I've always thought of Joshua as being a strong and courageous leader. Didn't he, after all, lead the people in the conquering of Canaan? When I read the account of Joshua taking over for Moses, however, I begin to wonder: was Joshua really...