2 Cor. 5:17 (AMP) "Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!"Spring is on its way and signs of...
"And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him." Colossians 3:17The unnamed 20-year-old Italian boy had a problem.It appears the Ferrari 458, which his father had given him, was not the...
She was my best friend,though older than me; and, I looked up to her because she treated me as her equal. Although we were both like only children, our lives were different. Her warmth. Genuine friendship was to follow me for decades, interchangeably, I would find,...
"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else" (Sir Winston Churchill 1874–1965).As we are surrounded by catastrophes, economic meltdown, wars and rumours of wars, optimism is sometimes denounced as a pointless concept. Yet this word is of great...
During World War II, Corrie ten Boom's family sheltered many Jews who were fleeing the Nazis.The Nazi police seized Corrie, her sister Betsie, and their father. They ended up in a concentration camp, all the while holding firmly to the promises of God.One day, they...
When I was a student, I spent two summers in Jasper, Alberta, working in service jobs, as many students still do, earning money for the next university semester. Many mountains encircle Jasper, one being Mount Edith Cavell, its sharp face silhouetted against the...
At the very same time when I turned 30 and my father 55, the retinal disease began to rob our eyesight.In a matter of eighteen months, our vision closed in completely, leaving us in darkness with no trace of shadows, color...only a dark gray nothing.My world...