Thoughts and Considerations

                                       WHERE IS GOD WHEN…?                           (a short article for the local newspaper)    Recently someone recounted to me an apparent tradition among one of the First Nations. When a boy was being initiated into manhood, his father would lead him blindfolded into the forest and leave him by himself for the night. His son was to sit there blindfolded until his father returned for him in the morning. What he did not know was that his father stayed by him the whole night watching over him.     At times it seems like God our Heavenly Father abandons us, though He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. Nonetheless, we may feel He has left us on our own, but like the native father He is never far off and is ever watching over us. Meanwhile He is training, testing, and grooming us, to the end that we learn to trust Him completely. He is constantly observing our ways and behaviour. Now I must point out that there are situations where He lea

  WHEN THE LORD IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear: and in the night season, and am not silent." Psalm 22:1-2  There I was hanging on to our capsized canoe in Atlin Lake, Northern British Columbia during Camp Yukon, with Ralph on the other end as we were trying to kick our way to shore. He probably could have swam back but he stayed with me for my sake (he smiled the whole time). Hypothermia began to run through my body. I was shaking, my teeth were chattering, and I was occasionally taking in water because of the waves. Initially and at first I was calm, cool, and collected, confident that everything would be alright. I felt assured, but as time dragged on my body began to complain. Panic and doubt started to creep in. I questioned the Lord concerning what was going on. Immediately the Scripture came to mind about the i