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"From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." (Psalm 61:2) "He leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul." (Psalm 23:2b, 3a) The river was singing a bit louder this morning due to some badly needed...
"I, the Lord Jesus, want my people to love me with all their hearts, with all their souls, with all their minds and with all their strength and to love their neighbor as I have loved them. My people, I love you so much that you sometimes don't understand the extent of...
Huffing and puffing, I pulled out weeds and dead undergrowth. I was working on a bank that was steep and it was easy to slip on the dry soil. Many of the shrubs had thick, dead undergrowth that stopped any water from reaching the soil, leaving it treacherously loose....
This morning I walked along the verandah, checking on my pot-plants. There were all sorts of plants grown from cuttings or gifted to me, most of them hardy and long lasting against the harsh summer sun. The most precious plant on the verandah was a small rosebush. I...
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....