"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden.”" (Saint Augustine of Hippo 354–430)The world owes much of its beauty to the clouds in the sky. ...
"Lord do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. My Soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long?" (Psalm 6:1-3 NIV).I believe we can all...
“Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.” (Psalm 5:1-2 NIV)I love this verse. It shows me that David spent time talking with his Heavenly Father. And if David, a man loved by God’s own heart...
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...
It was the end of the school year, and my colleagues from Grade 4 were briefing me on the students I would be receiving the following year. “It’s a difficult class,” they said. “Not at all like the great class you have now!”I had to chuckle. They had forgotten that...
The Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, Canada, is an area rich in history, for many major battles of the War of 1812 were fought in this region. This was a dark time for residence. They were farmers, most of whom were British Loyalists who had fled to Canada, then known as...
On Friday I told the story of how I spent two years with my back turned on my God-given calling to be a teacher. True, it wasn't totally within my control, as my wife was attending university in Tucson, AZ, and I couldn't get a job teaching French. And God is good,...
