/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." (Ps 30:5 KJV) There's Always a Tomorrow It was late in the afternoon when we walked out over the marshland in Point Pelee, the most southern point in Canada. It had been a hot, sunny day, and to my surprise, the aquatic plants all seemed to have taken the brunt of it. There they were, completely wilted! Too often we feel like these poor marsh plants, don't we? Too often ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Deuteronomy 31:8 - And the Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear, or be dismayed. Mind Games Near the beginning of June, my husband had surgery on his carotid artery. It was at that time that he suffered a mini-stroke. I knew that there was something wrong because it was a long time before he came out of the recovery room. The surgeon finally found me in the waiting room ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives." (1 John 1:8-10) Do Christians Sin? As we entered the little church called l'Église de la Madeleine in Geneva, ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Heaven's Cure All It was spring in the upper end of the County, and hundreds of people were gathered in our small town for the annual Relay For Life event. Food, vendors, entertainment, but most of all a festivity celebrating money raised to help discover a cure for cancer. Relay began in 1985 when a colorectal surgeon-Dr. Gordy Klatt, walked an ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Heaven's Cure All It was spring in the upper end of the County, and hundreds of people were gathered in our small town for the annual Relay For Life event. Food, vendors, entertainment, but most of all a festivity celebrating money raised to help discover a cure for cancer. Relay began in 1985 when a colorectal surgeon-Dr. Gordy Klatt, walked an ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Heaven's Cure All It was spring in the upper end of the County, and hundreds of people were gathered in our small town for the annual Relay For Life event. Food, vendors, entertainment, but most of all a festivity celebrating money raised to help discover a cure for cancer. Relay began in 1985 when a colorectal surgeon-Dr. Gordy Klatt, walked an ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God." (Matt 5:9) Blessed are Those Who Care. Awake Series, Part 25 She was only ten when she wrote a letter to the newly appointed Soviet President Yuri Andropov in December 1982, asking in no uncertain terms if he was going to lead a nuclear war against the United States of America. News on the television in those in days was scary (It still hasn't changed!), and there was ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Proverbs 27:21 "Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised." A Case Of The Big Head Cutbacks, and a recent layoff from which I had freshly returned, was why I was doing what I was. It was the only job available. My travels with Greenwood Mills had taken me from the weave room to unemployment to at the present sweeping floors. Then I caught a break. The Superintendent of the cloth room happened ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matt 6:26) Who Cares About Poison Ivy? Rivers of Faith, Part 19: : Warring Worriers We were walking the Mirador Trail on Grosse-île, Quebec. It was hot, and since this was a circular trail, my wife had left her heavy backpack near a tree at the entrance. Surrounded by the trees and shrubs characteristic of the region, we were thoroughly enjoying ourselves when we were jo ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Ps 120:1 I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me. Struggling for Faith I was in a relationship for 6 years and my x partner left me and started a new life with someone else. And I was lost. The person didn't even explain why he didn't want me in his life and just vanished. I suffered a lot ... My world turned out to be grey. I had no more joy in my life, I had anger on my heart, I hated him so much ( I actually didn't. I was hurt ...Continue Reading