Flight or Fight?

I thought of calling this post “The Great Escape,” because when the going got tough I used to get going. When I was faced with a conflict situation, where I felt threatened, I often looked for an escape route. When things became difficult in our church we tried another one, only to find they had [...]

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The Heart Cry

God always answers the cry that comes from the depths of our being. It’s almost as if the actual words are unimportant, as He sees what is on our heart. Sometimes I have found the answer comes immediately, like the time I crushed my thumb. My knee-jerk reaction was to reach out to Him with [...]

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Our Reaction to Pain

There was a small boy who was given a bike for his birthday. Just what he had hoped for. He practised at home before venturing out and kept falling off at first. He was impatient to show it to his friends, so off he went. They all inspected it and gave it the thumbs up. [...]

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Being Ourselves

When I was little we had a canary that lived in a small wire cage. It fascinated me and I spent hours trying to attract its attention. I found that by making the appropriate noises or by rattling the bars of its cage, it would sing to order. Then one day, perhaps because I felt [...]

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The Three Stones

I was carrying out some clearance in the basement yesterday and found three stones that brought back memories. It was a time when I was going through a difficult and painful patch. I went down to our beach that day, to try and sort out my feelings with the Lord. Sitting on a rock with [...]

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Bring It Into the Light

Is there anything in your life that you’re hiding away? Some feeling or memory from the past, a problem that looms large? Are you putting off looking at it, perhaps because of fear, afraid of what you might find?We don’t often go into the back of our cellar, it’s dark and cramped. However, when our [...]

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