In July I reviewed, “From Anna” by my favourite Canadian author, Jean Little. “Listen for the Singing” is the sequel, where Anna, who has been in a special class for those with poor eyesight must now attend a regular highschool and is terrified. Her journey to not only find her place, but help her brother […]
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We all do it. We compare ourselves to others. Some may do it in many areas of life, some may do it less, but it seems we all do it. And it is harmful. It is harmful because we are all unique individuals with our own background, our own struggles, our own special gifts. Comparing
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You, dear reader – and each individual human being – have great worth. God’s creation is valuable: as God made each new thing, the Scriptures say, “and God saw that it was good.” But God’s crowning moment of creation was creating human beings in His own image! And when all that was done, God saw
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(Note to parents: I have heard it said that joy and happiness are two different things, however, the meaning of the original Greek words show that they are actually close, and perhaps interchangeable.)
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“The King’s Daughter” by Josh Gilman is a book that every father will want to read to his daughter. In this story a king goes for a walk with his daughter and along the way she gets dirty through her own and other people’s actions. She feels ashamed and unworthy until her father explains to
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Perfect peace sounds like a fantasy, doesn’t it? I mean, how is that possible? It’s quite simple, really: “You keep him in prefect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD God is an everlasting rock” (Isaiah 26:3-4). It’s all
“…and be thankful.” This is from Colossians 3: 15, but there are many other places throughout God’s Word where we are instructed to be thankful. We are also told (in Romans 1:21) the consequences of not honouring God or giving thanks to Him. Such people become “futile in their thinking and their foolish hearts were
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