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It is comforting to know that Jesus faced temptation without giving in to sin. Jesus is the only perfect human being who has ever lived. "Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our...
"Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself....each day has enough trouble of its own." (Matthew 6:34) Life was a slow, easy pace, at the cottage on the lake, where I spent many summers as a child. There was always a jigsaw puzzle on the...
Somebody said that if God were truly scientific, he would have written the Book of Genesis as a scientific formula. Maybe, but it would create a dilemma. Unless we all held doctorates in science we could not understand anything about it. It would be a closed book to...
Both inside and outside are not far from each other. They are very close by because the only distance is the door! A hunter was targeting to shoot his arrow at a bird which was sitting on a tree in the forest. Unexpectedly a tiger came in front of him. He got scared...
A scribe was not easy to categorize. He loved learning, adored being taught and esteemed law. He admired the systems of law that underpinned the universe and society and his nation. He may have been a secretary or a teacher but if he was a teacher he was not expected...
Many years ago I bought and planted in my yard my first hostas. These hardy perennials grow in clumps and flower once a year. I knew when I bought them, they could be divided by just cutting each clump apart and replanting it. I have many hostas now, and have always...
Each year my husband and I try to get out to the Rockies. We love the drier air, and those majestic mountains. In September the two peaks called Maroon Bells are magnificent. The aspen trees, which cover and coat the hillsides, turn quickly from a lush green to a...
"the joy of the Lord is your strength." (Neh 8:10 NKJV) The Italian dinners we had after church every Sunday when I was a boy were feasts fit for a king. There were mounds of pasta. There were potatoes, chicken, and meatballs which had been slow cooked for hours in...
The new garden niche was on a steep slope. You started at the bottom and climbed colourful stepping stones to reach its topmost point. The stepping stones were part of the charm of the tiny area and when you got there, you rested on a seat beside a large urn full of...
"And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Phil 4:19-20 NKJV) My yard is a mess. I have 1.5 acres of beautiful lawn, with flower beds, spreading trees, even a pond … And it is all overrun with weeds. This bothers me...
"Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land." (Job 1:10 NKJV) We always enjoy our vacations on Skidaway Island in...
Rom 11:16-18 "For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and...
The other day in church, before the service started, I noticed two children playing a game which had occupied many hours for my sister and me when we were children. We called it “ Hangman’s noose.” Blank spaces were drawn at the bottom of the page denoting the number...