Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Melting the Ice February 8, 2025 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. ~ Matthew 5:16 NIV ~ It was the coldest part of January several years ago. The jet stream had dropped and an arctic blast had arrived from Canada. The overnight temperatures had dropped below zero and the raw northern wind mad ...Continue Reading

Welcome ToTHE ILLUSTRATORHired Through IntemperanceFebruary 6, 2026Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.~ Heb 12:2 NIV ~   Classic Illustrator -- Written 2003"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith." (Heb 12:2 NIV) In a small peninsula in Eastern Newfoundland, in a town called Bonavista, you can visit an exact replica of the Matthew, the sailing ship used by John Cabot when he, in 1497, made his place in history by b ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Groomer's Tools February 4, 2026 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways... ~ Ephesians 1:13 NIV ~ "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.  Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of th ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Can You Consent to Part With Your Daughter? February 2, 2026 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. ~ Mark 8:35 ESV ~ "For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it." (Mark 8:35 ESV) Adoniram Judson plann ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR What Are You Going to Teach? February 1, 2025 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. ~ Galatians 6:9 NIVa NIV ~ It was over 30 years ago. I had graduated college with a degree in Education but hadn’t been able to find a full time job as a teacher. Instead I was working as a substitute. One day I would be called in to work ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR I Walk the Line January 30, 2026 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. ~ 1 John 4:18 NIV ~ My dad was a big Johnny Cash fan. As a result of listening to his music in my childhood, I know all of Johnny Cash's songs, and one of them in particular really stands out to me these da ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR How to Pray So God Will Answer January 28, 2026 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways... ~ Isaiah 55:8 NIV ~ Not long ago, an unidentified odor filled the front of our house. We tried and tried to find the source, but failed. We cleaned, washed, and sprayed air freshener. Nothing worked. To make it worse, since I’m blind, my sense of smell is sharpened. Ugh! ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Fearlessness January 26, 2026 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. ~ Romans t:15 ESV ~ "But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one ma ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR God's Little Surprises January 25, 2026 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. ~ Romans 8:28 NIV ~ Have you ever had God pop into your day with a pleasant little, divinely-orchestrated blessing when you least expected it? Such as the person ahead of you in the coffee shop drive-through paying for your ord ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Wonders Anew January 23, 2026 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. ~ Hebrews 13:12 NIV ~ "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name." (Hebrews 13:12 NIV) Since I've been livi ...Continue Reading