"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8 ESV) My daughter, Zoë, walks to her nearby school, and in this gloomy month of December, she went off in too much hurriedness, and in the process forgot her watch. A few minutes after she left, I...
“My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you." (Proverbs 3:1-2 NASB)It was a hard decision to leave my grade 2 classroom in northern Ontario and move to warmer...
In the midst of only bad news about COVID-19... Here is a praise report! Please remember that COVID DNA can remain in your body after you have recovered from the illness, thus giving a person a "positive" test result, even if they have recovered... But not when God is...
"Give us today our daily bread." (Matt 6:11 NIV)One cold day, in a little town in South Africa, ten men cried out to Jesus about their needs. Each person called out about a specific need that he had at that point in time. The Lord heard each person's cry and set out...
“Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, ‘Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’”...
"For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you." (Isaiah 41:13 NIV) As I answered my ringing telephone, I heard a distressed sob as my daughter pleaded, “Can you come up to the house to help me,...
"In Him we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28a ESV)Recently, I saw a photograph in which a koala bear clung for dear life to a branch high above the ground. His eyes were squinted tightly shut as if to block out an approaching disaster. The caption read,...