Category: Inspiration

Ask anybody the question of where they believe their loved ones who have passed away are and it is highly likely that nine out of ten people will say Heaven; also referred to as “a better place.” According to billygraham.ca, for every person who believes he/she is going to Hell, 120 believe they are going to Heaven.  If those numbers are accurate, 99% of people believe they are going to Heaven when they die, but only 29% of Canadians say they are Christian (according to 2019 Pew Research Data).  Something doesn’t add up.  Can this be right? What is it…

What’s done is done.  There is no going back.  Cannot turn back the clock.  Would anything change if I could? The “F” word was used…used often.  That word came up each time they would talk to me or about me.  That “F” word began to shape my thoughts toward them and soon enough I believed I was part of the “Family”. We enjoyed being around each other.  An element of safety was felt as trust began to build.  Before I knew it their interest in what I was doing increased.  Questions were asked.  Recommendations were made.  The artistic pieces I…

August 17, 2020 is the day I will remember for as long as it takes for the knife wound to heal.  Sunny and bright seemed naturally fitting on such a day.  Normally Monday’s are perceived as mundane, only serves to get us to Tuesday, Tuesday to Wednesday, Wednesday to Thursday and Thursday to our most beloved day of the week.  Friday! Not that week.  Monday August 17, 2020 was my mother-in-law’s birthday and the family readied for a 45-minute drive to bring her flowers in celebration. Moments after we arrived, she asked if I could help her trim the flowers…

During a mental break at work, I texted a friend to ask what time she had planned to be at an event we were both to attend that evening.  She responded with news that she had cut her finger really bad and it wouldn’t stop bleeding! As we continued to text back n’ forth – I complimented her on her “chicken-typing” skills, she tried to convince me it was no big deal.  Meanwhile I packed up my office for the day and was in my vehicle on my way to her house. It was 2:00 pm and I hadn’t had…

Judges 6:17-24 Bungy jumping is fun, apparently! I have never done it. If I would do it I would want assurance that I would live to tell how fun it was. So, I wonder, “What assurances would I need before I jumped?” One kind of assurance I would want is the right answer to the questions, “How new is the bungy cord? Trust me it has to be really new! When asked to do hard things warriors need assurances. Often these are linked to our sense of identity. How we see and think about ourselves increases or decreases our “can…