The Generation Gap
1 Thessalonians 4:7-9 (NIV, ©2010) 7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit. 9 Now about your love for one another we do not…
Browsing through my ʹdraftsʹ folder, I came across this entry that I had begun some time ago. Although God has continued to work on my attitude, not that much else has changed. It was Friday morning. My weekend was packed. Swimming lessons in an hour, my daughter was babysitting for a friend while I went…
5. God speaks to me through the counsel of the saints. Proverbs 12:15 The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Whether you are a Christian or not, there will always be people in your life willing to give you a multitude of advice. Some of it will be…
When I was a young girl, my art teacher bemoaned the fact that if she said the sky was blue, I coloured it yellow, orange, red and purple. Blue water was blue, green, white and black. Grass was green, yellow and brown and the leaves on the trees and flowers in the fields were whatever…
Every mother has stood in the kitchen and heard those words, “What’s for dinner”? As a rule, my children are very good eaters. We don’t have fights over what they are willing to eat and they enjoy vegetables as much as they enjoy anything else. Occasionally, however, as happened today, one child will get it…
Matthew 14:6-12 On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” The king was distressed, but because of his…