Treasures to be Shared
Sometimes quotes cross my desk that just need to be shared— found by accident when I’m looking through some old papers or received in an email or the old-fashioned snail-mail—and I find myself pausing and reflecting on what I’ve just read. I found the following treasure [see footnote for author] in a collection of papers that belonged to my best friend who is no longer with us, and I felt compelled to share it! I have learned: that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is...
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…and I’m not talking about the change you find in the bottom or your purse or in the pocket of an old pair of jeans, or what you keep in your car for parking metres or grocery carts. I’m not talking about a change of clothes after a sweaty workout or the refreshing change in the weather after a hot spell. I’m talking about the change that comes from choice. Having said that, allow me to digress for just a moment and speak to the change that comes when there has been no choice. In...
Read MoreJuly Thoughts
This past month has found me submerged in the beauty and peaceful surroundings at our trailer at Muskoka Bible Centre. While here, I’ve been privileged to sit under the teaching of some godly men and to enjoy some great books. It’s impossible to summarize all that I’ve learned, but I’d like to offer a window into this world of knowledge, encouragement and passionate reminders with which I’ve been blessed…and yes, convicted of on many accounts! I am not the inventor of the...
Read MoreI’ll Hold His Hand…and Fly.
For some unexplainable—and to some, maybe nonsensical— reason, I’m held spellbound by Canada Geese. I run to the window or stand on our balcony looking in awe when the honking flock flies overhead. I have a six-plate collectors set, Wings Upon the Wind I bought back in the 80s that commemorates their life cycle. And, I remember standing on Daytona Beach in 1978 pointing to several perfect V formations, shouting, “Look! They’re going home!” My friend’s response was...
Read MoreIt’s Not Over!
Throughout December we often see or hear and sometimes say, “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” Each year I hang a small plaque on my front door reminding all who read it the true meaning of Christmas. Nativity scenes, the Star of Bethlehem, shepherds and wisemen are front and centre on Christmas cards and in church concerts. We may even hear Christmas carols played on the radio and, if we are fortunate, even see a Christmas-related story on TV. And rightly so! Without the birth...
Read MoreHonesty is the Best Policy
This past Monday (February 23) Doug and I left for Florida for the month of March. We crossed the border at Gananogue, ON, a route we don’t usually take, but we had planned on an extra few days to visit a friend in Pennsylvania and our son and daughter-in-law in Maryland. I was a little stressed about crossing the border, probably because last year I had been lucky in taking some fresh fruit over the border without declaring it. But to be honest, it had nothing to do with luck . I had chosen...
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