When I look back over God's hand in my life, a time when I was in charge of a hostel for runaways in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, comes up. The police brought me two teenage girls, who knotted bed sheets while I was doing something downstairs, shinnied down them from a...
"Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." (James 4:14 NIV)When I was young, I was lonely, despite being one of four children close in age. My sisters read romance comic...
"Then God said, 'Let there be light-bearers (sun, moon, stars) in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be useful for signs (tokens) [of God's provident care] and for marking seasons, days, and years.'" (Genesis 1:14 AMP)I am...
"O Lord God of the armies of heaven, don't let me be a stumbling block to those who trust in you." (Psalm 69:6a TLB)"That you may be untainted and pure and unerring and blameless [so that with hearts sincere and certain and unsullied, you may approach] the day of...
"But the fruit that the Spirit produces in a person's life is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." (Galatians 5:22-23a ERV)Over twenty years ago, my husband's studies in contemporary philosophy had pushed him...
James 5:16b "The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results." (NLT)I don't drive. So, when my husband died, I had to walk or take the bus wherever I went. As I live in the centre of a busy university town, this meant that,...
"Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God's entire house. And we are God's house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ." (Hebrews 3:6 NLT)"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord, "plans for well-being and not for trouble, to...