Recently our door to the outside world gave up its mission. It stopped. It had opened and shut so many times it got tired of opening and shutting and its lock stayed securely locked. The knob didn't work and the key didn't work so both the key and the door were...
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12). When the Word of God...
Many years ago, an elderly lady went back to an area she and her family had once owned. When she was alone and old, she sold it and went to the city to live out her days. She came back for a final visit and called on a young family whose parents she had been friendly...
So you have your password. It has unique qualities and it has been installed in your mind for a lifetime of use. It promises you a whole new lifestyle so you need to learn how you are to relate to your new status. You ask where, when, why and how do I use it? What...
We hung a pretty bird-feeder under the shelter of the veranda to entice seed eating birds there. We could watch them through the window as they fed but the birds never came. A number of different birds should have come in from the garden for lovely fresh seed but they...
Scripture "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." (Pr 27:17) Observation Iron is sharpened for a reason, usually for an implement that does work. Implements such as knives and axes achieve determined tasks, it may be to cut up wood for keeping a fire...
"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7) The small flats boat was whipping along on top of the sea. No bouncing, just gliding on the glassy waters. What a glorious day!...
After the recent publication of a devotional on The Nugget, I, as moderator of The Nugget, received the following message (reprinted with permission): "Has there been a change in the Lord's prayer? It was always 'and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin...
Carefully I addressed the Christmas card. The name was right, the street and street number were right and the town was definitely right. Inadvertently, the post-code was wrong. One wrong figure in a four-figure code sent the letter spinning off to another town. It...
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." (Proverbs 1:7) Remember when ‘time out’ was when the umpire called for a break? Then maybe you’re as old as I am. The little blue chair, off to the side in my daughter’s...