Stinky, sweaty, exhausted and dirty. That’s how my ‘men’ arrived home yesterday. What were they doing? They went on a four day hiking trip. Three beautiful days of sunshine and one day of teeming rain and howling wind. That old saying, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” probably would…
My eyes weep with the tears of the weary. My works for You crumble as dust through my fingers – worthless. I cry out for understanding yet peace and comfort elude me. My heart is torn within me as I strive to serve you faithfully and fail again. O LORD, draw me nigh unto You….
My little girl went to play with a friend the other day. The next day the friend’s mum called to tell me the friend was sick. The next day, my little girl was sick. The next day, I was sick. Share and share alike as the old saying goes! As I was driving today, I…
Sign outside a church: When you enter through these doors, you haven’t arrived but you have taken a step in the right direction. It is so easy to think, when things are going well, that we have it all together. What crushing disappointment it can be when something happens to make us realize that we…
When I was a young teenager, I went to a cadet camp. The girl who was my roommate and my best friend at camp became pregnant. In an effort to say goodbye to her and honour our friendship while coming to grips with the enormity of her situation, I wrote her a poem. I do…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been studying God’s plan for the family. In a world where there are so many definitions of family, it’s been a challenge at times to focus in on God’s original design for this pivotal structure in society. Many couples begin their relationships at a very young age – even…
So mighty was His love,That I His own might be,He left the Throne aboveAnd gave Himself for me –Laid all His heavenly glory by,For me to suffer and to die! When wandering far astray,I by Himself was sought;By Him, the Living Way,I to Himself was brought –I who till then His mercy scorn’d,He with His…
In an unusual phenomenon, there was nothing requiring my attention this morning and I was able to lay late in bed! Unheard of, I know. As I lay there, contemplating getting up, I began to listen. I heard the sound of the fridge clicking on and off, the sound of the cats frolicking and looking…
My baby is 17 today! I can hardly believe that my first born is now an ‘almost adult’. It seems as though in the beginning I thought this time would never come and now I’m wondering how on earth it happened so quickly. Seventeen years of laughter, tears, lessons, successes, failures and memories. The other…
While we were away this past weekend, I saw something that at first seemed really funny. After I thought about it for a while, though, it became much graver. In the ladies’ restroom, on the counter, was a vase of flowers. Next to the vase was a bag. The label read, ‘Magic Grow Plant Food’…