A minute ago, when I looked out the window, it was foggy. I couldn't see to the back of my property; but now, the pond and its ring of trees are clearly visible. It kind of reminds me of the saying I heard when we visited Alberta a few years back: If you don't like...
"We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next." (Romans...
"You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me." (Psalm 139:5) My grandmother taught me how to hem. I remember it being as difficult to learn as tying shoelaces, my fingers feeling thick and clumsy. I wanted to learn to sew, however, so I kept...
He was trembling. She was stuck; couldn’t move because her hair was so matted down, it prevented her from moving her legs. These two puppies were found alone, lost, hungry, trembling under a truck. My friend adopted them, cleaned and fed them. He no longer trembles,...
Hubby and I stood at the customer service window of a large wholesale store. The line was getting longer because the woman at the window, in a loud voice, gushed demanding questions: You mean I don’t get a refund for my membership? And you won’t compensate me for the...
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" (Jeremiah 29:11) It definitely looked like winter...the foliage was off the trees, the bushes were bare, and things looked...
Recently, someone asked me the same question many have before: When you lose one sense, like in your case, your eyesight, is it true that other senses develop and sharpen?” “Sure is,” I said, “in my case it’s my sense of humor.” I looked toward the mirror; I never...
"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...