Cobwebs or Rainbows? It was Friday evening. The house was tidy, the floors were mopped and the carpet was vacuumed. The soft over-the-counter lighting illuminated a beautiful lattice topped pie. It was a magazine perfect moment! Although the house looked peaceful, my heart was in turmoil. Not once, not twice, but three times that afternoon […]
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He Hears, He Sees, He’s Answering She had posted a heart wrenching plea on my Facebook page. “Pray for my nephew who is homeless… that Jesus surround him.” The post caught both my attention and struck a chord in my heart. Being a mother myself, my first reaction when I hear the words “homeless” is,
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Worry Praying or Trust? Have you ever worried prayed? You know you are to take it to God, but you stay up all night “worry praying.” I’m not saying there isn’t a time to pray through the night, that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about when you are overcome with worry. You pray
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Time For The Wedding There is a song we used to sing as children, that was based on Jesus’ parable of the wedding feast (Luke 14). Many of you may have sung it. “I cannot come to the banquet, don’t trouble me now.I have married a wife; I have bought me a cow.I have fields
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A Christmas Miracle It was nearly Christmas. I was a teenager & my family had recently moved across the province. Dad was sick and unable to work and Mom and just opened a Christian bookstore. Needless to say money was scarce. Never had we lived so close to my grandparents–in less than an afternoon’s drive
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Held For Ransom When God created puppies, I think He was especially thinking of children. The matched energy, unconditional love and companionship, really nothing can be a better match. We were in transition, between leaving our home, our family, our friends, and our country. We had traveled to the U.S.A. to both celebrate Christmas with
When God Used A Painting Her father was diagnosed with kidney cancer. The news was crushing. A month later her husband was diagnosed with the same cancer. Sadly the disease progressed quickly and she lost both men within a few short weeks of each other. “Why God, why?” The question kept pounding through her thoughts.
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Blessings In Double It was my art that connected us. She was recently parted from a bad marriage, without a job, and without a home. She was broken and desperately needed encouragement. I told her I would pray. She longed for a calendar but she had no money. To both satisfy her desire and preserve
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Laundry And Learning To Trust It was the middle of winter. We had been praying for another job for our cabinet shop, when we got a phone call for a measurement about an hour and forty minutes away. Taking nearly the last of what money we had, we filled our van with gas, and thanked
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Some of you may have heard that my husband recently wrote a book. The following is the account, told by my husband, of the background of why it was written and the dramatic miracle story of how God provided and made it happen. Enjoy the read. – Shawna When God Said Write by Troy Wright
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