March always takes me back in time and makes me laugh at the memory. I was a seventh grader and in my minds eye I can still see the old gym that separated the boys from the girls a place we gathered before school started and after lunch. If you were brave enough you...
The past few devotional that have been appearing on Fridays have looked at some heroes of WWII. As I thought about these heroes, I began to realize that I had a "hero" in my own family, and that the world could perhaps learn a few lessons from my hero, my dad....My...
"Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." (Colossians 2:6-7 ESV)"And they have no root in themselves, but endure for awhile;...
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." (1 Corinthians 13:4 NIV) "A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." (John 13:34 NIC)I saw the following on Facebook yesterday....
"For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1 ESV) "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." (John 8:36. ESV)Do you need freedom? Bondage comes in all kinds of ways. Are you...
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16 NIVDuring recent extreme weather, when our temperatures dropped down to between -35 to -40, my old mare, Mama who was no...
As a child, I well remember being very envious of a neighbouring family. There were three sisters, lovely children, who house was grander than ours, with a piano, and they went on wonderful vacations. As the only girl in our family, I longed for playmates,...