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Late in the day, someone gave me an urgent message to deliver to my neighbour. He had called on my neighbour but nobody answered the door so he wrote the message down, put it in an envelope, and begged me to deliver it for him. He said it was really urgent. Next...
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. "For where your...
An analemma is the result of a year-long series of photographs of the sun, taken one week apart at exactly the same minute every week. A certain day and a specific time must be set aside each week for one whole year to take each shot and the process cannot be hurried...
I did something wrong first thing this morning. I knew it was wrong, but it wasn't a huge deal, it was a sin I often fall into, and it really only implicated me. Or at least, this was my reasoning ... However as I approached my "prayer closet" for my morning devotion,...
"In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." (John 1:4-5, NKJV) When you go through this life with your eyes open, you soon see that everything in it is a miracle. You realize that...
The planet, Venus, is notorious for troubling the peace. It looks like a large, bright object and when it is low in the evening sky, it is often distorted by earth’s atmospheric disturbances. It seems to travel or to dance or to change colour and people are sometimes...
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb." (Revelation 22:1) One of the earliest sunday school stories I recall hearing is the one about David and Goliath. David, shepherd boy, who...
"He ... rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm." (Luke 8:25) Recently my husband was in Marathon, FL, ‘the heart of the beautiful Florida Keys’, for a fishing trip with some guys. He said it was windy and really rough out. I could...
"Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." (1 Cor 10:31-32 NKJV) My Italian Grandmother’s spaghetti sauce was a wonder to behold. After church on Sundays our family would always gather around for a huge dinner that was more...
"So ... that you, being rooted and grounded in love ... know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." (Ephesians 3:17,19) A great many years ago I purchased a couple of small potted green houseplants and hung...
"'I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the Lord." (Jeremiah 30:17) "Come to me and I will give you rest" (Mathew 11:28) Thick dust covered the hand-hewn ridges along the sides of the cupboard. Just an old junky looking piece of furniture....
The little lad was sitting in Mother's chair watching the clock. He knew when the hands said six and twelve, the sun would begin coming up. Mother would be up and the day would start. Then he stared and blinked and stared again. The hands of the clock were stuck, they...
"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow--not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above...