Grains of Sand

Pixabay Some of my American friends are wrestling with how they voted in the last presidential election. Believing that Hilary wasn’t a good choice they voted for Donald. Now they are rethinking that. The latest scandal to hit the White House has sent ripples throughout the world. Donald was caught disparaging people from African nations and from Haiti even while he is signing some kind of document to honour Martin Luther King Jr. He claims that what he said was taken out of context. Even if it was, calling African nations “s—hole” countries is not appropriate no matter what the context. But that is the mouth of man. And the Scriptures (Matthew 15:18, 19) are clear that what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart—deny it all you want! Meanwhile, our own Prime Minister is pushing his marijuana agenda in town halls across the country. A young Muslim girl was attacked in Toronto because of her hijab. The PM expressed concern, and rightly so, but then made the statement that, “T...

Pixabay It would be safe to say that our friends to the south are feeling some anxiety as November approaches. I don't blame them. How do you choose when there appears to be no choice? And we in the north have our problems too when it comes to those in political and economic authority who have lost contact with the real world of their constituents—if they were ever connected at all! Well, Isaiah has an observation for all of us who are feeling a little, or a lot, overwhelmed. " Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded? He [God] sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,  and spreads them out like a tent to live in. He brings princes to nought and reduces rulers of this world to nothing. No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the groun...