VBS starts this week. Many of us have been preparing for weeks. The date was set last year and it has arrived. Sometimes life gives no warning. Your day begins and surprise, you are into hard times. It would be

Trust and obey is the name of a song. Not my most favourite. It sounds simple right? You would think so, and yet at ground level it is not! Like clockwork, in every hard situation that comes, it seems at

I said I would water a neighbour’s garden while they were away. I secretly hoped it would rain. The weatherman said it would. It seemed like a sure thing. Almost like a promise. But each day I’m walking and I

I made a walkway years ago and purchased special stones. Recently, I’ve realized some of them are not placed well and need to be removed. I am going to sow clover and mow that area. The problem is, how do

As a young girl, my dad sometimes took me fishing. I so wanted him to be pleased with me, that I even put my own worm on the hook just like my brothers. He showed me how to cast my

I went West recently  to visit my brother and his invalid wife. Daily care-givers use a special lift to get her in and out of her wheelchair. That allows her to live a normal life. Normal? And I look on,

The longer I live the more I realize how little control I have over most things in my life. Oh yes, I can fight eating too much and I can get up and exercise each day but when the call

Most decisions are benign. What clothes should I put on today? Some though, will have long term consequences. Extra work and money. And who knows, maybe even unexpected trouble? Then again, maybe a lot of happiness. How can a person

Years ago I remember our neighbour’s barn caught on fire. I had two little children at the time. I stood outside with one at my side and the toddler in my arms, completely helpless to do anything but pray. God