Just Like Daddy Although my sister and I were very much “little girls” who played with dolls and pretended to cook, we also adored our Daddy and wanted to be like him. It made no difference to Dad that we were girls. On special occasions, he took us to work. We were taught to shift […]
Open Your Mouth Wide Our daughter was soon to be leaving for boarding academy. Like many of my stories this came at a time when again the local economy was in decline. Our sole income was from our cabinet shop, and it struggled to stay alive. It was one of those seasons in life where
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God Doesn’t play practical jokes I’m not sure who got the idea. My sisters, myself, or Mother, BUT whomever it was, it was my Mother that pulled it off. We were at the “Northern Camp Meeting,” as we called it. The camp meeting was fun. Songs, stories, visiting with old friends and making new ones—but one
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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JOY “Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.” James 1:2 There was a time when I would read this verse, put down my Bible, grit my teeth, and put on a fake smile. After all, I was to face my
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God is Good at Math! It was well past midnight, I was tired but couldn’t sleep. Like King Xerxes in the book of Ester I pulled out my dusty “historical records” (my journals) and read. There is a whole journal dedicated to a time when our children were toddlers and the area where we lived
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Tithe and Socks By my desk I have a large stack of journals. They contain my personal history of how God has kept me through trials and personally has taught me that He can be trusted. This morning I picked up the oldest of my journals. The starting date would have put me at age
Childlike Faith Have you noticed that often the biggest answers to prayer are gifted to children? Our oldest daughter was nearly nine years of age. She and I took one of those precious Mommy and daughter days. We were headed to “town” with our box-van to pick up a load of plywood for our cabinet
Peace In The Sky I was tired. I was feeling frayed at all ends when my husband announced he was going for a walk at the airport. Having just rallied after a conversation with God and a good cry, I jumped at the idea. I turned off my phone and left stacks of paperwork on
The Big One The other evening my husband and I were invited to play games with an elderly couple. She in her late 80’s and he in his 90’s. An interesting side note is that at age 92 he still flies his airplane, ALONE! We were warmly greeted at the door and invited to the
Angels On Duty Several years ago we packed our cabinet shop equipment and a few personal belongings in our work truck and headed for the US border. Up until this point I had lived nearly my entire life in a small town in northern British Columbia, Canada. This had been my world and the only
