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"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever, the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." (John 14:16-18 NIV) ...
I choose to live in the present... God is in the future and the past is the past. I am in the present, living for today and not tomorrow, which may not come. If I try to live in the future, I'll torment myself constantly with the willing help of Satan, feeling lost...
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.. learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28, 20) Have You Ever? Traffic was picking up, with rush hour about thirty minutes away....
They were at a star graze and you can be forgiven for asking “A what?” The name suggests a heavenly feeding frenzy of stars but let me try to explain. We see the moon as a smooth, round sixpence but if you look through a telescope you see mountain peaks sticking up...
"We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!" (Ps 75:1 NKJV) As I have moved into my forties now I have begun to see more and more that body age has very little to do with soul age. My body keeps telling me again and again that I am getting older. My soul, however,...
“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...