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My early years were spent where the old Roadside Mail Box was the only avenue for receiving messages. It was there long before the telephone link and it carried family news from around the world. The mailman would deliver letters and newspapers to our Box down on the...
After the recent publication of a devotional on The Nugget, I, as moderator of The Nugget, received the following message (reprinted with permission): "Has there been a change in the Lord's prayer? It was always 'and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin...
"Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, 'I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.'" (John 8:12 NKJV) It was the darkest time of the year, the last few weeks before the Winter Solstice. The long, black...
I couldn't believe my good fortune. The seat next to me on the aircraft was still empty and the cabin crew were already closing the doors. We were leaving right on time for a 5 hour night flight to Reykjavik, Iceland, where we would land at 6:30 local time. Our entire...
It was isolated farming country with long distances between families. There was no telephone and no electricity so communication was by letter and light at night was by kerosene lamp or candle. Money was scarce and candles cost money so they were used sparingly....
Travelling through a different place, we paused to look through an old church. As we left, we placed an offering on the little table with a silent prayer of thanks because it was there. Many years later, our offering that day reminded me of the offerings I find from...
T - Is for the Tons of Blessings that I receive each day. H - Stands for these Hands that fold, when I begin to pray. A - Means all the Awesome powers our Lord has from above. N - Stands for His Never ending patience and His Love. K - Is for the Kindness and...
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." (John 15:5) It was a wonderful snowy day. You could hear that wind whistling, and the lone, spindly tree just oustside the...
"I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me." (Ezekiel 33:7) A watchman is one who stands guard and keeps watch. However the mandate over Ezekiel's life was more than just watching for the enemy and...
It is a sad thing to stand at the gate of where home used to be and now it is not. You stand like a stranger, a guest without a welcome, at a gate that once swung open to your touch. You have no right to open it now, no right to smile and step inside and say 'I'm...
Ouch! My Dad developed a frozen shoulder condition and boy, we took him from one hospital to another with no avail, till the "Magnet therapy" did the trick. In this series, I intend to touch upon a particular type of "shoulder problem" and the "therapy" related to it....
Is there something significantly “BIG” about “little” Bethlehem? VERY MUCH! Consider this verse which affirms this truth . . . “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah.Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose...
I got a new picture of my sponsor child Lizther in the mail today. I was amazed at how different she seemed now. It looked like she had grown up overnight. I went and took her older pictures of her younger days and placed them side by side with the new photo. There...