Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Squeezed Into the World's Mould November 27, 2023 Can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand. ~ Jeremih 18:6 NLT ~ My grandchildren and I were playing with a new set of Play-Doh the other day. The modelling compound was satisfyingly soft and pliable, and it was fun to work it into people and animals. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Toilet Paper Rolls November 26, 2023 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. ~ Philippeans 2:3 NIV ~ “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” (Philippians 2:3 NIV) My daughter Mary, was running some ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Of Green Grass and Fallen Leaves November 24, 2023 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. ~ Isaiah 43:19 NIV ~ It seems that the older I get, the less I like winter. I used to think the snow was pretty; but now I just see it as drab and cold and wet. Can’t we just bypass wint ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR He Knows My Name November 22, 2023 Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. ~ Pslms 139:16 NLT ~ “LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me…You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb…You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was reco ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Everyone Has a Story November 20. 2023 You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. ~ James 1:19a NLT ~ There is a couple in my church who appear to have the perfect life. Their most common expression is a smile. They both teach Sunday School, and they share their Christian witness often. Their Facebook posts feature happy events and their lo ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Helper November 19, 2023 ...He will give you another Helper, that he may abide with you forever-- the Spirit of truth... ~ John 14:16b NKJV ~ “[Jesus said] -- And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that he may abide with you forever-- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Hi ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Glutton for Punishment: How to Give Correction, Part 3 By: Lyn Chaffart ---------------------------- November 18, 2023 Over the past two Saturdays, we have been looking to the tiny book of Philemon for Biblical instruction on how to give correction. We've seen that things go better when we first build up the one being corrected, and we saw that we must approach our request with humility, with a pe ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Autumn Glory: The Conservation Area, Part 13 November 17, 2023 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds... ~ James 1:2 NIV ~ Over the past couple of Fridays, we have been looking at some lessons that God placed upon my heart when He recently brought us to a long-forgotten local conservation area. We saw how dangerous it can be to for ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Stay by His Side November 15, 2023 He [the shepherd]calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ~ John 10:3b NLT ~ After a couple of days at the YWAM [Youth with a Mission] base in Belize, I wondered what I was doing there. The setting, despite its beautiful name, Destination Paradise, was a challenge. High heat with humidity, mosquitoes, biting fleas that came up ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Burden Bearer November 13, 2023 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. ~ Isaiah 53:4a NLT ~ “Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down.” (Isaiah 53:4a  NLT) My parents assisted me with burdens for the first eighteen years of my life. ...Continue Reading