I've spent a lot of time lamenting past mistakes. 'If only I hadn't done this. If only I HAD done that. If only, if only, if only.But I didn't. I cannot change the past. I cannot change myself. But because the desire is in me to grow and change, He is the One who...
Hebrews 12:11 "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." NIVWe have horses and goats and horses and goats are good at a lot of things, but one of...
Memorial Day weekend, 2011, is a weekend that many will remember, especially in Pine Creek Valley, Pennsylvania! Heavy winds gusted through the little valley, leaving the forested woodlands in a state of littered devastation. Branches tore off trees, flying in every...
"When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through...
Matthew 14:24 "But the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it." (NIV)If I was where God wanted me, why were things going south? Isn’t smooth sailing a sign of God’s blessings?Job’s friends thought so....
"The LORD is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid?" (Ps 27:1 NIV)The sun was just setting when it happened: The electricity suddenly gave up life, leaving us, as well as everyone in our...
Isaiah 30:18 "Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" NIVI had always wanted a horse and our neighbour seemed to have just the right one for me. He was an old...