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Posted 9 hours 10 min ago
It was our privilege this week to have Mr and Mrs L worship with us, morning and evening. Recently married, they were honeymooning in the area. I hope they enjoyed the green hills and narrow lanes, and each other's undiluted company. This week, we shall be requesting God’s blessing upon that marriage in our prayer meeting.
Posted 1 day 9 hours ago
It was my melancholic privilege to stand on that spot where, in 1685, one of the two Margarets were martyred for her faith in Jesus Christ. Margaret Wilson, aged 18, and Margaret McLachlan, aged 63, were both tied to stakes in the tidal channel of the River Bladnoch near Wigtown, Galloway; the river’s rising water would give them a slow, cold death by drowning.
Posted 2 days 9 hours ago
Life sometimes feels like one is trapped in a maze. We have a vague idea of where we should like to be, but not of the direction of getting there. There are dead ends and seemingly endless detours and we wonder if we are on the right path. Thankfully, God has promised to take us to be with Him, even though He seldom shares the route He has planned.
Posted 4 days 9 hours ago
I recently read Charles Dickens' 1854 Hard Times. Despite its bleak name, it had me in fits of laugher, especially when reading descriptions of, and dialogue between, Mrs Sparsit and her employer, Josiah Bounderby of Coketown.
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