Sonshine for your soul
Posted in children, eternal life, God's grace, parenting, spiritual comfort on Aug 25th, 2009
When my daughters were learning how to swim years ago, it was important for me to stretch their measure of courage without placing them in danger of drowning.
First with Jessica and a couple of years later with Melissa, I’d stand in part of a pool that was deeper than they could touch with their feet. […]
Posted in Christ's sacrifice, eternal life, God's grace, spiritual comfort on Aug 24th, 2009
You’re quite familiar with the fact that Job suffered terribly as an indirect result of his faith.
Satan told God — in effect — that Job’s faith was simply an appeasement of God in order to keep getting more wealth and good times.
God disagreed and had so much confidence […]
Posted in children, eternal life, parenting, spiritual comfort on Aug 21st, 2009
Sometimes, in the midst of our troubles, chest-high in the rubble of broken dreams and emotions, we find nuggets of great, sustaining worth.
I was reminded of this today while reading the opening chapters of Job in my One-Year Bible. It is both humbling and inspiring to read of Job’s […]
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Martin Drummond