Food for Thought

God’s Priorities [My Life is Not About Me!]

Posted by Ruth Waring on May 30, 2018 in Blog, Food for Thought, Friends | 4 comments

One of the many joys I’ve experienced as the calendar flips from month to month and year to year is being blessed with new friends. One such person has reached into my heart in a unique way and has enriched my life with her passion and love for Jesus. I met Cathy Foyston briefly in 2013, but over these past five years, our friendship has become more intentional despite the two hour car ride and blustery winters that separate us. Cathy and her husband, Bill own Back of Beyond Equine Centre...

A Mountain Too Hard to Climb

Posted by Ruth Waring on Apr 27, 2018 in Blog, Food for Thought, Quotes | 3 comments

Ten days ago I spent a delightful afternoon with my twenty-year-old granddaughter, getting caught up on where she’s at in life and enjoying a bowl of Bombay soup and a vegan wrap. We ate in a small restaurant in Brooklin, a town just north and west of Oshawa. And I’d go back there any day; the food was delicious! When I stood to leave, I noticed a large chalk board on the wall behind me. It was quite obvious that it was used to share wise thoughts and encouraging words with those who were...

The Snowflake

Posted by Ruth Waring on Feb 25, 2018 in Blog, Food for Thought, Friends | 2 comments

I’m quite sure many of us have heard, if not said, “I wish winter was over!” I mean, really, how can one not wish away the freezing rain, driving wind and blinding snow? And what about those -30◦C days? However, in all fairness to those who love the wintry outdoors, I will concede that winter can be beautiful, that freshly fallen snow on a sunny winter’s day does tend to sparkle like glittering diamonds scattered across an open field. And I will admit that one could experience quite a...

Are You RIGHT or Are You WRONG?

Posted by Ruth Waring on Jan 30, 2018 in Blog, Food for Thought | 1 comment

Have you ever been absolutely right about something? I mean, a b s o l u t e l y right! Even though the sun is shining, you carry an umbrella because you just know it’s going to rain. And you’re right, it rains!  But what about those days or moments when things seem to unravel, when things become worse than having a bad hair day, when being right doesn’t happen! I felt like that a few weeks ago after a good workout at the gym. I had said goodbye to my friend and turned to open my locker,...

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – 2017

Posted by Ruth Waring on Dec 23, 2017 in Blog, Family, Food for Thought, Memories | 2 comments

The Hiding-place

Posted by Ruth Waring on Oct 31, 2017 in Blog, Food for Thought, Quotes | 2 comments

As a blogger, I have tried to honour your time with a meaningful interruption in your day. So, please allow me to bend your ear once again on a word that is front and centre in my life these days. I trust it may cause you to ponder, perhaps even contribute in a positive way to where you find yourself on life’s journey. Discernment: having or showing good judgement, or as I have interpreted it, the need to understand and make a wise decision based on truth. In Philippians 1, Paul wrote to the...