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A tiny baby reaches His little hands for His mother’s touch. As she snuggles Him against her breast He reaches out and holds her finger In His soft, tiny hands. His hands... Reaching out to hold His mother’s hand As He toddles around the house, then holding The...
"Duncan pushed me, Auntie Lyn, for NO REASON at all!" I hadn't witnessed the preceding events personally, but as I looked down at the 7 year old's upturned face, I couldn't help but see the painted-on innocence. "Really," I said. "For no reason at all, Olivia?" "No,...
Here is a witty saying that came home to me with the force of reality some time ago – ‘Be careful what you pray for, it might come true.’ My friend from overseas concluded her letter with a prayer that I would have a lovely weekend, filled with warmth and sunshine. At...
"As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you" (Isa 66:11 NKJV) A popular, highly acclaimed Christian book, The Shack, was harshly criticized in my Christian circles due to its portrayal of God as a motherly woman. I understand their objections. With 6000...
It amuses me that Christianity is ridiculed because it lacks scientific evidence of its reality. Unbelievers demand proof and proof requires something that can be repeated with the same result each time, documented evidence and eye-witness accounts that confirm it....
"You asked, Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge? Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me. You said, Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me. My ears have heard of You but now my...
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." (Psalm 147:3) I am into fixing things. If something breaks, get out the scotch tape, superglue, or bandaids. I come from a long line of fixers. We all knew my dad could fix anthing, from a picture frame that fell...
A pleasure we allow ourselves is to feed the wild birds that come to our garden and we have quite a variety of them. Most become accepting of us over time and have no fear when we move about when they are there but we are curious about a family of magpies that visit...
Readers would recall that in the previous part of this Series, we reflected upon the seriousness of our calling to be Fishers of Men. Today, let's come to the two difficult groups, we encounter at the time of Personal evangelism and the dynamics of Mass Evangelism....
The Train Driver was passionately aflame about driving trains so somebody asked him what inspired him. A far-away look came over his face and he told us why. This is what he said: ‘As a small boy growing up all things mechanical were interesting and exciting. In a...
We human beings usually are so quick to point the finger at someone, judge him or her according to our standards of good behaviour and when we judge them we in a way condemn them. However, before we make a judgment, we should read in the Gospels what Jesus had to say...
"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." (Hebrews 10:23) "The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." (Deuteronomy 31:8) It didn’t...
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...