Early this spring, we heard and read about grass and forest fires in various places. We know from the reports that these fires are extremely hard to put out and to keep from spreading. I have a little bit of personal experience with a grass fire.Many years ago, when I...
"For Christ bore our sins, and not His own, When He on the cross was hanging; And then He arose and moved the stone, That we, unto Him belonging, Might join with angelic hosts to raise, Our voices in endless singing."God came to us then at Pentecost, His Spirit new...
"Breathe on me, breath of God; fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do." (Edwin Hatch 1835–1889)There was a small boy who had recently come to know the Lord through his Sunday School teacher. He asked his father; "How...
"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." (Jeremiah 33:3 NIV)"I need this thing …". So begins the customer's request upon arrival at the hardware store. My husband, the employee, must next discern what is needed....
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:26 KJV)I love to look at racks of sunglasses and reading glasses in...
Last Friday I told a story that happened in my first school in southern Ontario. After two years at this school, the entire French Immersion program was transferred to a different building, where the school was shared between an all-French school for French-Speaking...
Hebrews 11: 13-16 "All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things...