We live our lives with certain expectations, so it is always a surprise when the unexpected happens.In 1959, we were in the United Kingdom for three weeks. During that time, we spent a day trying to find the resting place of my wife's paternal grandfather. Eventually,...
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV 2011)Early in our lives, we may have heard words like "Mother knows best" or "Father knows best"....
"And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone." (Genesis 2:18a KJV)From the earliest record that we have, it is plainly shown that we have been created with a need for companionship. With that need comes a responsibility to meet that need with...
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)Almost two decades ago, a young girl from Zimbabwe won a scholarship to study at a university in Winnipeg,...
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:6 KJV) My grandmother wrote this verse on the cover page of the first Bible that she gave to my father. My father did the same in the first Bible that he gave to me, and I did also in the...
"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:15-16 NKJV)"He told them, 'You don't get to know the time. Timing is the Father's business. What you'll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the...
"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God." (Psalm 42:5 NIV) "Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if...
