Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Secret December 4, 2023 Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. ~ Luke 2:10 NIV ~ Ade, my five-year-old granddaughter arrived on my doorstep, lugging a large package behind her up the snow covered steps. A parcel had arrived for me and she was the acting Postman. Of course, when I opened the door t ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR So Many Gifts December 3, 2023 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. ~ Proverbs 22:9 NIV ~ “The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” (Proverbs 22:9 NIV) I was sitting on a long, black, folding medical table. Beside me was a woman in scrubs talking about the ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Christmas Shopping Angel December 1, 2023 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways… ~ Psalms 91:11 NIV ~ It was still the mid part of November; but from the look of the mall parking lot, you would have sworn that Christmas was just a day or two away. Despite the blustery wind and snow, we had no choice but to park far out in the parking l ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Egg-spect Great Things! November 29, 2023 Look to the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns and yet you’re Heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not more valuable than they? ~ Matthew 6:26 IV ~ He was a handsome young man who sat next to me on the flight to San Diego to visit my daughter, Kelly and her family.  He sat his breakfast down on th ...Continue Reading

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