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9/28/2025 2 Comments Faith Faith: Faith is believing what God said simply because it is God who said it.
Faith - a simple one-syllable word, but it packs such a punch. It’s the building block, the foundation that supports everything we say and do. Hebrews 11 states that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It’s hard to describe an intangible, but what a difference it makes in how we view life, and the life after this life. Revelations also puts it in perspective when God says: I am Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the end. As adults, we have a lot of scepticism, a hard line to trusting because we have been burned many times by fallible people. That’s why Jesus stated we have to be like little children - they have the faith to believe, to accept that adults will follow through what they have said they will do. God will follow through for us adults too. We can’t see it physically; that’s why faith is so important. We accept what we cannot see to be true. Perhaps that’s why I love sunrises and sunsets so much; they are always out there, but I can’t explain them, I just watch and wonder at their beauty. When the storms hit, you can’t see the sun, but as the thunder rolls away, and the clouds shift - poof, there it is. It was just hidden by the storm, but it never left the sky - I just couldn’t see it for a while. That’s faith. Trust God is there behind the clouds, and rejoice when you experience the beauty of Him.
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Margaret Schnurr
9/28/2025 06:28:40 am
Thank you Steph. So true! Bless you
Frieda
9/28/2025 08:05:01 pm
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January 12, 2021
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What a week! As a teacher on a Hutterite colony for grade 5-12, life is non-stop from 9:00-3:30. This coming Friday is the end of quarter, so report cards will be due. So that always makes one extra busy.
But I had 2 highlights in this week. The first: I came home and stumbled over something on my step. When I picked it up and entered, I found out I was holding MY copy of my book! I felt like a mother receiving her first child. The awe and wonder of holding something I'd created and labored over for - yes, about nine months- well, that is quite the feeling. The second: Last night the doorbell rang. I answered and a man stood there with a floral arrangement. I was sure he'd come to the wrong house, but he had the right name. Imagine my amazement when I saw that friends from the States had arranged these lovely roses to be delivered to celebrate this milestone in my life. In today's Covid restrictions, such a thoughtful, kind gesture means SO much! I never get flowers, so I'm still just smiling over it. |
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January 5, 2021
How many of you make New Year's Resolutions? How many of you don't because you know you won't keep them?
As I look at 2021 and wonder what this year will bring, I've decided to try a couple resolutions.
A poet once said, "It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." I feel that can be applied to resolutions too. As I start this year as a new author, I'm scrambling to figure out what I'm doing! This has definitely pulled me out of my comfort zone. I've asked the Lord, "What have I done? Am I stepping off this cliff to float or fly?"
So my New Year's Resolution is to have a website and put a blog on it. Will this last? It will be interesting to look back in December 2021 to see what has happened here! Tech stuff is NOT my thing. But as a teacher, I always tell my students, "Just try. You never know what might happen." So how can I do less than I preach? I will try this. No guarantees, but I've made a start! Happy New Year to you all!
As I look at 2021 and wonder what this year will bring, I've decided to try a couple resolutions.
A poet once said, "It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." I feel that can be applied to resolutions too. As I start this year as a new author, I'm scrambling to figure out what I'm doing! This has definitely pulled me out of my comfort zone. I've asked the Lord, "What have I done? Am I stepping off this cliff to float or fly?"
So my New Year's Resolution is to have a website and put a blog on it. Will this last? It will be interesting to look back in December 2021 to see what has happened here! Tech stuff is NOT my thing. But as a teacher, I always tell my students, "Just try. You never know what might happen." So how can I do less than I preach? I will try this. No guarantees, but I've made a start! Happy New Year to you all!
