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“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” Psalm 91:10-12 I remember a picture that made a lasting impression on me when I was a child - a picture of a little girl walking near the edge of a deep canyon and the guarding angel...
We sat on the verandah for morning tea and my husband reminisced on his ramblings through our garden. He said he often comes across interesting natural phenomena. Especially so in springtime, he said. It may be a swarm of bees resting after leaving a hive, or a...
I heard a Nobel Peace Prize winner say once there were things she just had to do or she would die. I know what she meant. I have to grow things. So on the dry and barren hillside that was my garden-to-be, I made plant areas. The soil protested, the weeds protested and...
When you live a distance from town, you have to know where the fuel stops are. You know that without a reliable supply of fuel in the tank you could be in trouble. If an emergency arose and you needed to drive out in the middle of the night, you would want to be sure...
"The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the One who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay...
There is an interesting crater found at the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland near Rotorua, New Zealand. A short walk takes you around a beautiful thermal field, where mud springs, sulfur, and piping hot waters abound. The acidic nature of the waters does not allow for...
During our recent anniversary trip to New Zealand, one of the things I found very interesting was the diversity of terrain. From beaches to mountains to rain forests to thermal fields, New Zealand has it all. There is also a wide diversity of weather conditions across...
"Come, they say, let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more." (Psalm 83:4 NIV) "For Zion’s sake, I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake, I will not remain quiet till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation...
"Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." (Matt 25:40 NKJV) I have always wanted to do something big in my life. Since I was a boy watching those old television cowboys rescuing people on a runaway...
"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." (James 1:5) For a not-too-techie type person such as myself, computer lingo sounds like a foreign language most of the time. It even took...
The death penalty operated for certain crimes under the law of Moses. No reprieves, no mitigating circumstances, no getting off because of a past good record. You break, you pay, and saying sorry did not. God has not changed. God never changes, ‘with him there is no...
While I was talking with someone the other day, she mentioned something going on in her life. I asked if she’d prayed about it. She replied no, she didn’t think God was concerned about something like that…..she prays about the important things but not anything as...
It has become something of a talking point within my family that I never had a mother. A family member went looking on the internet for family history and discovered that my mother’s name was not there. According to that particular record, I am standing...