As a child growing up in the sixties. I kept my mother company as she took care of the laundry. We’d pass the time by watching an old portable black-and-white TV my mother set up on the kitchen counter. These were the days of “I Dream of Jeanie”, “Bewitched” or “The Jetsons”, and I marvelled […]
Discipline
Ready For The Suddenlies?
The horrific loss of life and property caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 caused the entire world to grieve. As I watched the news coverage, I heard multiple survivors describe the events as happening ‘suddenly.’ The tsunami caught hundreds of thousands off guard. There was no warning. As they went about their day […]
You Don’t Win a Gold Medal on Your Own
Proverbs 11:24 – “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” Athletes who compete against the clock fascinate me. Long distant runners, bikers, decathletes, swimmers, speed skaters, and skiers. At first glance, it appears they deserve all the glory for their incredible successes, or so it […]
Wake Up, It’s not the Time to Sleep In!
As I mentioned earlier, I live within blocks of a fire station that serves a large metropolitan area. I am so accustomed to the sirens whizzing by that I no longer awaken from my sleep as fire trucks and ambulances race below me at night. I blissfully sleep on in the safety of my cosy […]
Cutting Back the Clutter – Living Unencumbered
A short time ago, the Lord prompted me to do some early spring cleaning. Shortly after I began the project, I discovered that many of my contacts with prophetic insight felt the same call. The Lord instructed me to lighten my physical and spiritual load by cutting back on clutter. I felt an urgency to […]
What are your Bible Reading Plans for 2017?
I have a confession to make. It wasn’t decades into my Christian walk that I managed to read the Bible cover-to-cover. My intentions were great; I would breeze through Genesis and Exodus, but as soon as I was midway through Deuteronomy, my eyes would begin to cross, and my self-discipline would go out the window. […]