"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with God's people who are in need." (Rom 12:12-13 NIV) My new dog, Snoopy Girl is a morning person. She starts the day at full speed chasing her tail, the cats, and the other dogs. She wolfs down...
The will of God may be painful but is always perfect. As long as we stay in God’s will, we are completely immortal. No enemy can take us out, destroy us or even annihilate us. No distraction must remove us from our destiny. No persecution must...
The Rusty Iron Gate with no Light Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there was a man who lived behind an iron gate with his three teenagers and wife. He was so very proud of his family and they loved him passionately. They had a comfortable home, which they...
Pug was a mutt! The only way he could be considered a pure-breed is if the CKC suddenly had a category for Heinz 57. Pug's mother was a mutt and his father was a traveling man. Pug was quite happy in his mutt-ish state and his owner loved him very much - but he was...
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." (Ephesians 6:11 NIV) In the Old Testament we read about a well known Biblical character, David. He was just a young shepherd boy when he volunteered to fight an enemy, the...
In Dealing with Grief Part 11, we learned that when we follow God's lead and speak out His Words, even to perfect strangers, we never know when we may be speaking life into someone who is grieving, when we may be helping them to not get stuck in the grieving cycle!...
If I hadn't been looking right at it, I might have missed it. That was the way with these Canadian prairies: seemingly endless miles of prairie grasses, laced with numerous cuts and coulees that are only visible when stumbled upon. But there it was, in a tiny coulee...
Few of us will wonder at the liberty of flight which the butterfly enjoys until we ponder on its transitory stages of development, its penultimate state as a caterpillar. A caterpillar is almost immovable, unsightly, susceptible to predators and economically...
There it was. That special, warm, cozy feeling. The one that makes me feel secure and calm, safe from all harm. I reveled in it for a moment before turning my thoughts to the storm raging outside the window of the van. Then I had to ask myself: How is it that I can...
"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12) In our back yard we have 2 bird feeders. Since I try...