James 1:17 – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. (NKJV)I am now the proud owner of a rocket stove: a high-efficiency, wood-burning, outdoor cooking stove...
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11There is a shop in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which sells hot sauces.Now, when this shop, which is known as the Pepper...
"I warned you when you were prosperous, but you replied, 'Don't bother me.' You have been that way since childhood-you simply will not obey me!" Jeremiah 22:21 NLT Our challenge seemed simple but proved more difficult than we imagined.The final day of school is always...
After collecting a few items at the garden centre, I made my way to the check-out.I chose one where a lady was almost finished paying for her items, or so I thought.Just while I was priding myself for a good choice of till with a small queue, a friend of the lady in...
I heard a story about a young girl who wrote a letter to a missionary to let him know that her class had been praying for him. But evidently she'd been told not to request a response to her letter because the missionaries were very busy. So the missionary got a kick...
Proverbs 16:9 "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." (NIV)This Bible verse was always my father's favourite one. The reason stems from the following story.During the Second World War, my dad had orders to report for duty on a ship...
Volcanic ash is so tiny that a single piece would be hard to perceive with the naked eye, even if it came floating right past you. Volcanic ash is really volcanic rock that has been exploded through a volcano vent, but each one of these particles is no larger than 2...