Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?" (Matt 11:3)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Is Jesus truly the Messiah? It's amazing how many people are eager to predict your life. While still a young teenager I received two predictions, one from my hairdresser, the other from my English high school teacher. Neither of them were very flattering!My hairdresser foresaw that my ha ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: 1 Corinthians 2:9 "That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.'"  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Journey Home I love living in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, but I think that my heart will always be in Muskoka, Ontario, where my grandfather's cottage, nicknamed "Birch Haven&q ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word." (Ps 119:37)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Holding On to Nothingness. Holding On, Part 1 Fort William Henry. It looked so strong, so unbreakable, so meant to protect the Permaquid region and survive for eternity.But then that's also what they thought when they built the former fort, Fort Charles, and it had been ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Ecclesiastes 1:8 "All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing."  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Burned Out I wasn't quite there but I was close. My godly grandmother had warned me about having too many irons in the fire. I just wasn't listening. My Type A personality often leads to trouble. I was young and pastoring my first chu ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." (Ps 103:12)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us When East Meets West, Forgiven, Part 1 It was truly amazing. Here we were at the very end of Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada. We had no idea that we were a bit farther south than the 42nd parallel, which is as far South as Rome and Barcelona! The view just in front of ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Fire Mass: Jesus' Deepest Desires, Part 5 June 8, 1783 will always be remembered in Iceland. On that fateful day a 26 kilometer (16 mile) fissure cracked open in the volcano called Laki, and over 37 cubic meters (9 cubic miles) of lava erupted over the southern region of the island. This e ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth..." (Rev 3:15-16)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us My Prayer This New Year I was driving to a town in southern Ontario when I first heard the song. It had a catchy beat and tune, so I turned up the volume. That's wh ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom 8:38-39  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us I'll Do Your Laundry Dedicated to all of my fellow human beings who have not yet f ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: James 1:13-15 ". . . but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, when it is full-grown it gives birth to death."  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Bet My son loved to swim. He was always at the pool and had passed all his swimming badges at a very early age. Swimming was an adventure, it wa ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me." (John 14:1)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Berry Delight: Jesus' Deepest Desires, Part 4 In Jesus' last speech to us, His disciples, He longs for us to place our trust in Him. He assures us that we truly have nothing to worry about. He encourages us to not "let our hearts be troubled". In a world where everyone is f ...Continue Reading