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Fragrance of My Day

I sit this morning on my front porch and welcome the soft breeze that bathes me and the sunshine  that reminds me how His mercies have met me once again with the dawning of this day. Spring has finally arrived and we who have lived …

Too Busy?

“One reason we are so harried and hurried is that we make yesterday and tomorrow our business, when all that legitimately concerns us is today. If we really have too much to do, there are some items on the agenda which God did not put …

Climate of Change

”Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be” [Job 8:7] When the pioneers of radio evangelism started using the airways to proclaim the Gospel, they labored against a loud, persistent chorus of criticism. Clarence Jones, co-founder of missionary station HCJB in Equador, …

Women at the Well

“Everyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty again.” John 4:13 –14 This statement could be made over the wells of life in many areas. Over the well of success: Everyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty again. Over the well of …

Because of Easter

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.” (John 5:24) A few years ago, shortly before Easter, I took my daughters to …

Achieving God’s Purpose

Many people avoid reading certain books of the Bible because they don’t expect to get much out of it. Most of us would rather read a Gospel or an Epistle than Leviticus. I think the main reason for this is how we view our Bible …

Breathe In, Breathe Out

During lambing season, my husband Will helped with “pulling” a lamb. At last he freed a near-lifeless lamb and began sticking straw up its nose. The lamb snorted with disgust and irritation but would not breathe on its own. Will then picked it up and …

Blessed Assurance

Before we left for the mission field, my husband and I attended a commissioning service. During the service, all the future missionaries took communion together. As I was reaching for my communion cup, I accidentally knocked it over, spilling the juice onto the floor. I …

The Open Gate

“I am the Gate.” One cold evening in March, some of our sheep got out of the safety of their paddock and were left stranded outside the barn, away from food, water, and the rest of the flock. My ten-year-old daughter and I tromped through …

Where Jesus Bought the Church

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and …