Blessed are those that read and heed The evidence that a truth is believed in the heart is only seen when it is lived out in our daily experience. The Bible tells us that we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus our Lord in the heavenly realms (Eph. 1:3). However, believers do […]
It’s not just a physical battle I tell people we are grass farmers since we live on several acres of land that is mostly grass. As caretakers of the land God has given us, we wanted to improve our backyard with a landscape plan that included planting beds which did not allow grass and weeds […]
Blessed chastening Without question, one would rather not endure some of life’s hard experiences. This world is filled with pain, and suffering is the norm rather than the exception. Sickness and death are all too common, and economic hardship is widespread. Yet the living God is able to use these negative things for the spiritual […]
Athough it isn’t always true in life, the term “handmade” is usually assumed to mean better than machine made, of superior quality. In the world of handmade custom suits, the word is “bespoke.” Bespoke tailors like Caraceni in Milan or Anderson & Sheppard in London can throw some pre-dust rags together for upwards of $3,000. […]
The blessing of divine forgiveness I have known a few friends who have gone through the pain of personal bankruptcy. This decision was not reached easily. There was a great deal of angst and internal wrestling. Inevitably, there was a sense of personal failure. But if the reader can enter into the emotion of such […]
Just before the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001, a woman prayed for the very first time: “God, please save my son, and he doesn’t even have a baby yet, so please spare his life!” Her son, an NYPD police officer, was called to the World Trade Center that awful day. As he followed […]
Serving when He comes Anyone who has been charged with overseeing a group of employees has quickly discovered that there are three broad types of workers: those who are unwilling to work at all despite repeated request; those who will work when given specific, personal direction; and, lastly, those who—even unbidden and unobserved—are always to […]
Blessed is the man who does not… Psalm 1 starts off in an interesting way. Instead of saying what to do to be blessed, it tells you what not to do. “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners nor sits in the […]
Georgetown, Ontario, is home to the Canadian headquarters of the Watchtower Organization (Jehovah’s Witnesses). Its gated compound sits on 172 acres of land. In comparison, the home office of the President of the United States, leader of the free world, sits on only 18 acres of land. The compound’s influence goes well beyond its gates, […]