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"Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." (Colossians 2:6-7) The plant that “would grow anywhere” looked dead as a doornail. The...
I gathered a handful of greeting cards from the table and sought somewhere to keep them. They were precious and I wanted to keep them safely. “I need a box,” I said to thin air and there was an immediate use for one of the cardboard boxes I can’t bear to throw away....
"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." (1 Cor 13:13 NKJV) I had yet another birthday recently. It is strange how they keep popping up year after year. They must come from the same place as the grey hairs and wrinkles,...
"The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard." (Ps 19:1-2 NKJV) Spring is continuing to work her wonders...
She watched him leave, something impressing her she would not see him again He had vowed to fight her poverty, brought about by the greed of bureaucracy, and he was so sure he would succeed, there was a swagger in his step. Surely they would listen when they...
It has been said so often it is a bit of a cliché; ‘you get out of life as much as you put into it,’ or, said another way, ‘you get what you deserve.’ So, if life works that way, by definition Stephen, the first Christian martyr, deserved to cop a stoning to death....
"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your...
"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Phil 4:19 KJV) A long time ago when my full grown children were still "children" I saw something that still brings a burst of joy to my heart whenever I think about it. My...
Standing outside this morning in the predawn chill, dressed in my robe, my winter coat, and my mukluk slippers, waiting for my dog to do her business, I looked up for a moment to see the moon. It is one of those slivery crescent moons right now, but with a planet or...
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you." (Matt 7:1-3 NKJV) I was driving home the other day on a sunny afternoon. I had a smile on my face as I sang along...
"... and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matt 28:20 NKJV) There is a story from long ago that I really love. A young novice had entered a monastery run by a wise abbot. One day the abbot told his monks that he was going to share a secret...
Names of places in Quebec, the French province in Canada, are very descriptive. Or so we would learn, as we trudged to the top of Mont Erable (Mount Maple) in Le Parc National des Hautes Gorges de la Rivière Malbaie - Literally translater, "The National Park of the...
"For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?" (I Thess 2:19 NKJV) People we win for the Lord would constitute our Crown of rejoicing. While an ethereal visit to Heaven -a la Apostle...