Faithfulness is hard to find in this world today so we must hold tight to our faithful Lord.
Faithfulness is hard to find in this world today so we must hold tight to our faithful Lord.
I don’t think that the words of Psalms 32:4-5 are a surprise to anyone:“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.” (Psalms 32:4 NIV)I don’t...
Part One: When I was a little child, we had cats. Two of them to start with. The story goes that my father found them in the local quarry when they were tiny kittens, and brought them home. One was pure black, the other, black-and-white. No-one ever uses their...
As a classroom teacher, it always did my heart good to see how my students sometimes tried to “protect” me…Once, at the end of the school day, a students dad came unannounced to my classroom. By the look on his face I knew there was a problem. I wracked my brain to...
Luke 17:3-4 – If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying "I repent," you must forgive them. (NIV 2011)He was a devious,...
A mother heard the family cat yowl in pain. She knew where to look – she looked for her son, Mike. "Stop pulling the cat's tail, Michael!" She chided."I'm not pulling his tail," the boy retorted. "I'm just standing on it. He's doing the pulling."He, of course, is no...
Saying "I'm sorry" isn't the easiest thing in the world to do.A recent teacher evaluation reminded me of this. Our headmaster's instructions to the observers were never to score any teacher with the highest ratings in all categories. Doing so eliminates any room for...