Trusting God

Storm Clouds

15 March by Patricia Day

Today, the day began with a storm; actually a thunder and lightning storm!  In March!  In Ontario! The weather this winter has been very different to what we normally receive.  There have been few snow storms – I can count them on one hand – and so a thunderstorm this morning really came as no surprise. [...]

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Shelter from the Storms

13 February by Patricia Day

Life can deliver some pretty horrendous ‘storms’.  Storms of nature can often be survived, by taking shelter inside or under sturdy structures that will not succumb to the powerful forces of nature. Psalm 55:1  Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!  For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of [...]

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Wholesome and Clean

1 December by Patricia Day

Ezekiel 37:23b – I will wash away their sin and make them clean, and I will protect them from everything that makes them unclean. They will be my people, and I will be their God. (CEV) There is a major house renovation going on close to where we live. Actually, it has been in progress [...]

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Get Out of My Way, I Want Queso

26 October by Hariette Petersen

Hoots, whoops, and cheers filled the room when I told my granddaughters I would make them some queso and chips.  ”You can make queso?  I wanna help?”  Haylee pushed a stool up to the kitchen counter.  ”Me, too.  Me too!”  Kinsey grabbed another stool and pushed it up into the corner of the counter, smack dab in front [...]

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Oh, My Word! Did You Hear Why…

14 October by Hariette Petersen

he stopped coming to Sunday School?  she quit working in the nursery?  they are moving their membership?  they removed their kids from youth activities?  she wants nothing to do with the church anymore?  Let me tell ya… There’s a bevy of reasons why people do what they do.  Legitimate reasons.  And yes, some folk use [...]

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Fickleness Hinders Contentment

23 July by Linda Hull

The heat is rising off my head underneath my brimmed hat.  I can’t breathe.  My lungs burn and my limbs are weak.  Sweat runs down my neck and my clothes are drenched.  When will this awful heat stop I wonder as I move my lawn chair to a shadier spot.  Heat waves can be dangerous, [...]

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