“How do we forgive deep hurt? A good piece of advice I can give you is this: Immediately forgive the person who says or does something against you. Then the devil has no chance of letting a shadow remain in your heart.” — Corrie ten Boom Tante Corrie’s wisdom was born out of a lifetime of […]
Healing
Stop the Blame Game When It Comes To Healing
I am disabled and have been since childhood. I also believe God heals today. One of my pet peeves is a person who holds a belief system that chastises others for using certain words to describe themselves. I do not believe I am cursing myself by stating I am disabled. It is not my identity; […]
What’s Lurking Behind Your Wall?
I live in a high rise building with 225 suites. Today, the water is shut off in the whole building while the plumbers fix a problem. The problem was lurking in a wall in my bathroom for what appears to be months, if not years. If you looked closely at the pipe, you’d see that […]
Is it Time to Unmask Yourself?
It’s July 2021, and Canadians are emerging out of an almost two year period of wearing masks everywhere we went. We are relishing our freedom. But today, I want to talk about a different type of mask. I wrote the following piece over 27 years ago when I was in the beginning stages of healing […]
God is not an Abusive Parent
“Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen.” – Oswald Chambers It’s no secret that I live with a lifelong, progressive disability. I want to clarify what I believe about physical healing, disability, and character development. 1. God is […]
No Limits on Wholeness
Advent of 2020. Much of the western world is heading back into a time of isolation and governmental restrictions, and we are growing weary. The yoke chafs against our God-given desires for freedom of movement and gathering with friends and families, especially at this time of the year. Tiny fissures in our defences are starting […]