by Janet | Aug 25, 2015 | Character, Home, Laziness
“The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.” Proverbs 15:19 As a child I remember asking my parents why a road crew would bother going to all the trouble to blast through rock just to make the road more level. ...
by Janet | Aug 18, 2015 | Character, Marriage
“An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.” Prov. 12:4 I think I understood the essence of this verse from the get-go, but I never understood it as well as I do after the events of the last few weeks. ...
by Janet | Aug 11, 2015 | Character, Laziness
“Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.” Proverbs 18:9 When I was a young mother trying to manage home, ministry and family, I called my wise older sister in the States and asked what the secret was to getting it all done and doing it well. I...
by Janet | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.” Proverbs 17:6 It was a Thursday night. I was flying out the next morning to address some ladies near Ottawa and my girls were digging deep into their imaginations and...
by Janet | Jun 23, 2015 | Speech, Wisdom
“A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his own opinion.” Proverbs 18:2 Many years ago when I was a young bride, my younger sister called me up and told me about some difficulty she was experiencing in a work relationship. I listened,...