Ray Richards

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    Fidelity come from the Latin word for faithful and is defined as fai...

    At this time of year Christmas songs are on the radio, on PA systems...

    When my children were small there was a popular song they sang that ...

    I like winter and I like snow.  Children need to be able to go tobog...

    I love to see the daffodils in the spring.  They seem to be the firs...

    According to psychologists there is a new concern for people who con...

    When I look back at my younger years I am amazed at how much things ...

    I once owned an small, old farmhouse.  It had a hand dug well with r...

    We have a squirrel that is guilty of repeated break and enter.    I’...

    I enjoy watching many of the ‘judge’ shows on TV.  Most times the pe...

    1 Timothy 2:5 says, “For there is one God, and one mediator between ...

    I’ve seen it happen, actually in my younger years I have probably do...

    In Matthew 13 we are told that Jesus came to the area of His home.  ...

   What is the biggest thing in heaven?  I always like to think it is Go...

    One of the few things that I enjoy watching on TV is the different j...

   I’ve seen pictures of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip walking.  I h...

   In the first few verses of the book of Haggai God is telling the peop...

    My wife and I were out walking the other night and came upon a mothe...

    The other day I took my car to the gas station to fill it with gas a...

    One of my favourite Christmas carols is “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleme...

    I had a friend once who decided to eat fresh garlic every day.  He c...

    When all else fails, I tend to read the instruction.  Sometimes I ma...

    I have never understood the reason for making the bed every day.  Wh...

    In Psalms 19:1 David states “The heavens declare the glory of God.” ...

    When I was in kindergarten, I had a friend with whom I was very clos...

    Whether or not a person believes in God, the same question arises, “...

    1 Corinthians 13:4-7 says “Love is patient, love is kind, it is not ...

    In Luke chapter 13, from verses 10 to 13 there is an interesting acc...

    Have you ever wondered why Jesus had to born as a man?  God left His...

    Golf season is pretty much over.  I don’t expect to get out again th...

    I once saw a bumper sticker that read ‘Jesus is my copilot’.  At fir...

    Like most people, there are many things about Christmas that I like;...

    I saw a picture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and got to wondering ab...

    The first part of Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before I formed thee in the be...

    There is an old Irish hymn originally penned by Dallan Forgaill in t...

One Way     Whenever I drive places I like to take different routes. ...

    Lately we have been having a lot of dark mornings.  My body and mind...

    I can remember going to the beach as a teenager with my friends and ...

    There is hymn penned by James Hill titled ‘What a Day That Will Be’....

    I was out riding my bike the other evening.  I was just coming up to...

    In John 8:12 Jesus says, “I am the light of the world: he that follo...

    We have mice in our house.  I bait traps and set them out, but it se...

    Can you imagine what your house would be like if there were no drain...

    Imagine for a minute that you are walking down the street and a well...

    Most of the time when people travel they seem to want to have someon...

   An oxymoron is two apparently contradictory words that are used toget...

    Have you ever been walking down the street and had the urge to eithe...

    When I was a teenager I can remember the first few times I wanted to...

    Just this morning I heard that familiar tap tap tap of mouse feet ru...

    2 Corinthians 9:8 starts out “And God is able to make all grace abou...

    Words often change over years and centuries.  Words we use today oft...

    If I’m in no hurry, I will often take the backroads just to have a c...

  After twenty-five years of owning computers, something happen...

    Frederick A. Fillmore penned a song titled “Sunshine Song”.  The ver...

    Imagine the most beautiful flower that you could possible think of, ...

    The other day I came across the word cacophony.  Miriam- Webster di...

    There are many things in this world that can cause us worry.  Most o...

    Last year I planted tomato plants and had tomatoes coming out of my ...

    When I was a little guy my friends and I would collect hockey cards....

    I'm sure we all have those friends that promise they will be there t...

    In the beginning of the book of Jeremiah, God gives him a message to...

    I was at my computer the other day and a solitary fly buzzed around ...

    Can you imagine how silly, and dangerous, it would be for a pilot to...

    In John 2 we are told the account of Jesus at the wedding in Cana wh...

    Many people today go through life with the sole intention of making ...

    In virtually every sporting event or contest there can only be one w...

    One dictionary I looked in gave this definition for outrageous; pass...

    Everybody has certain types of music that they like and certain type...

    The other day I saw a picture taken from a space craft orbiting the ...

    Some winters we see snow, snow and more snow.  There is no shortage ...

    The other day I was helping a neighbour catch some bats that had fou...

    ‘But God’ is my favourite phrase in the Bible.  There are many insta...

    Christmas is done and the lights are gone.  When I look down our str...

    I have yet to see any robins this spring, but I know they are coming...

    When I was younger, I usually had very little trouble asking my pare...

    If you read 1 Kings 6 to 8 you will see God’s instructions as to how...

    When I was about 8 or 9 years old I found a new friend.  We were clo...

    There is an old hymn written by Annie S. Hawkes titled ‘I Need Thee ...

   In Luke 4:18 Jesus proclaims, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, bec...

    We have many modern, technological devices today to help from becomi...

    We had skunks in our backyard last night rooting for grubs.  I have ...

    I was out riding my bike the other evening.  I was just coming up to...

    I don’t pretend to understand the workings of gravity.  I look at al...

Bird Feeder     I woke last week to find snow on the ground and my bi...

    Well, it's now official.  It is spring.  It may not feel like it but...

    A blind person must often rely on a sighted person to describe certa...

    Some days it feels like the sun is shining on me all day long and ev...

    There is an old hymn penned by Henry Lyte titled ‘Abide With Me’.  T...

    I have celebrated many Christmases with the exchanging of presents. ...

    Someone gave me directions the other day and they finished by saying...

    There is an old saying that if March comes in like a lion it will go...

    In the Message Bible, in Psalms 113:7 and 8 it says, “He picks up th...

    Last week I misplaced my keys.  On the chain were two keyless entry ...

    In Luke 9:1 and 2 we are told that “he called his twelve disciples t...

    Thoro Harris penned a hymn titled ‘All That Thrills My Soul is Jesus...

    As a child I used to love a good tug of war; grabbing the rope, digg...

   I read something the other day that I found interesting.  The words s...

   There used to be a game show on TV many years ago called ‘Truth or Co...

    In general terms, a mediator is a go between, one who settles differ...

    I was skimming through last weeks paper and happened to browse throu...

    It is towards the end of summer that flowers begin to die.  Many can...

    The first part of Psalms 139:14 says, “I will praise thee; for I am ...

   The Christmas season, the celebration of Jesus’ birth, is fast approa...

    I’ve noticed that when I get in my car to start it, I don’t even hav...

    A quick drive around town and it’s obvious that Christmas is near.  ...

    Because of the traditions surrounding Valentine’s Day, many people b...

    This week many athletes will win medals at the Olympics.  I can only...

    I have never been present during an earthquake or a volcanic eruptio...

    Snowy, winter weather is a funny thing.  On calm days, the snow floa...

    Many of our names today have meanings.  My name originally meant adv...

 I was out walking the other day.  The sky was almost cloudless and ever...

    I know a number of people who are allergic to cats.  Whenever they g...

    Have you ever wondered what Jesus would have thought about technolog...

    A while ago my wife asked me to bring home some cheese from the stor...

    Recently I’ve seen a few blue herons so I started carrying my camera...

   When training your dog to stay on your property, there is something c...

    Most people are familiar of the Biblical account where Moses and the...

    One of my favourite Christmas carols is one penned by Edmund Sears, ...

    2 Timothy 3:13 gives a dire warning.  “But evil people and charlatan...

    ‘Keep on truckin’' is a phrase you don't hear much any more.  When I...

    I remember being in the delivery room when both of my children were ...

   If I had to choose the best day of my life there would be many choice...

    I have read that in past days, men used to dig deep pits and then co...

    Stones is one of those words with a myriad of applications.  It can ...

    By definition a phobia is a a persistent fear of something.  Althoug...

    In John 14:12 Jesus makes an astounding statement when talking to Ph...

    There was an awards show on television last week and in the paper th...

    I have read that watching an aquarium will lower blood pressure in m...

    I was out walking the other night and for the first time in probably...

    I have always found it challenging to find things that I have mispla...

    We have a sliding screen door on our deck but it is difficult to ope...

    I read recently that scientist estimate we have about fifty trillion...

    There is a verse in the Bible that I have always found both puzzling...

      I was downtown the other day and there was an 18 wheeler backin...

It’s interesting to drive around town and see all the new houses being b...

    For over a hundred years the reign of Queen Victoria was the longest...

Rise and Walk     There is an account in Acts 3 where Peter and John ...

 When the snow begins to melt in the spring, it is far removed from the ...

    The first part of Psalms 5:11 says, “But let all those that put thei...

    There is debate as to whether Psalms 73 was written by King David or...

    I just completed refinishing my living room and kitchen floors.  I s...

    It seems no matter how much I sort, recycle and compost, there is al...

      I was at the hospital the other day and noticed it was full of ...

    I have never been out on a boat in a big storm.  If the wind was how...

    It’s that time of year.  Holidays!!  Kids are home from school for a...

    I have heard many people, myself included, that have complained, “I ...

    When a ship stops near shore, it invariably puts down an anchor to p...

    Last week I came upon a detour.  Unfortunately there were no signs d...

    My dad was a very smart man.  He did all his own work on his car, bu...

    Everyone wants to be happy.  But still the question remains, how doe...

    It’s getting that time of year when the field mice begin to look for...

    I was out walking the other day and noticed a five or six teenagers ...

    Exodus 20:3, as part of the ten commandments, says, “Thou shalt have...

    I grew up in a subdivision where there were only two kinds of houses...

    I remember, in the old days, having to stop at a gas station and ask...

    The other day I went out to my car to find there were 23 bird droppi...

   I can remember going on nature trail hikes with my family as a child....

    Habakkuk 3:17-19 says, “When the fig tree does not bud, and there ar...

    Psalms 42:1 tells us, “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, s...

    When you look at the world around us and see both its complexity and...

    Psalms 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the fir...

    Every year at this time I start to see signs that remind us that ‘Je...

    One evening after dark I was out on my deck.  It’s about eight feet ...

    To many, I still live in the dark ages of television.  I only have c...

    I was out walking the other day when something on my shirt caught my...

    Psalms 103:8 tells us “The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to an...

    Martin Luther penned the words to the wonderful hymn of the church, ...

   I remember watching fans trying to get close to rock stars just to to...

    Last week I misplaced my keys.  On the chain were two keyless entry ...

    There is a Christmas carol written by James Montgomery and Henry Sma...

    One of my favourite Christmas carols is “It Came Upon a Midnight Cle...

   I’ve read many stories in which mother birds will protect their young...

    All computers have ‘default programmes’.  These are programmes that ...

    The other night I went for a walk and I came upon a pile of leaves t...

    The formation of pearls is really very basic.  It begins when someth...

    Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson penned the song ‘One Day at a...

    Have you ever wondered why Canada is called a Dominion, and not a fe...

    Canada Day is here again.  Does it mean anything to you?  It should....

    God makes an incredible promise to King Solomon in 2 Chronicles 7:14...

    Everybody needs a purpose in life.  To just wander through a life an...

    Last week, while I was sweltering and sweating profusely, someone co...

    Whenever I go driving somewhere I prefer to be the driver.  I feel m...

    Do you ever wonder what heaven will be like?  The Bible gives us man...

    They seem to think of so many innovations when it comes to new cars....

    The very first sentence in the Bible is, “In the beginning, God crea...

    We recently refinished the floor in our bedroom.  To do this we had ...

    During the heat of the summer, grass often becomes dry and lawns tak...

    I looked outside and the rain had stopped.  I went online and checke...

    When I was small, everyone knew the bug halyomorpha halys, but not b...

    Summer is just about over and fall lurks on the horizon.  When the f...

    It was September 10, 1858, that John Holden hit the first home run i...

    I can vaguely remember back to my days in university when I took a c...

In his book ‘Why Revival Tarries’, Leonard Ravenhill wrote “If we disp...

    The sight of migrating Canada Geese always amazes me.  They all seem...

    Too often we find ourselves in a place where we don’t want to be.  W...

    Years ago I had a friend who was colourblind.  I remember driving ho...

    Traditions and Christmas carols tell us there were three wise men th...

    Ephesians 4:29 in The Message Bibles says, “Watch the way you talk. ...

    One of the verses from the Bible that I really like, one that encour...

    This is the time of the spring equinox, a time when both day and nig...

    No matter how well we plan, we can almost be assured that during the...

    When you go golfing the cost to play a round is generally called 'gr...

    That day that children love so much will soon be over.  There were p...

    When I was in high school I used to run on the track team.  One thin...

    I find infomercials on TV oddly interesting.  Their job is to make m...

    You can now put an app on a person’s phone that allows others to fin...

    I can remember going on a trip up north with my parents.  At one poi...

Truth     In the movie ‘A Few Good Men’, Tom Cruz as prosecutor makes...

    Again, as every year, when the new year is rung in people let out a ...

    I find it amazing to watch sports fans.  They shout and scream at th...

    The comedian Tommy Smothers once said ‘truth is whatever you can con...

    Last week I heard a preacher say that there are thousands of roads i...

    The other day I was out walking in the leaves.  Every so often a win...

    I find it interesting that when someone is digging a well for water ...

   A baby lives inside her mother for 9 months as she develops.  Imagine...

    I have watched a few documentary type movies lately about how a baby...

    Psalms 89:7 says. “God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of th...

   There’s a story in I Samuel recounting the first time God called to S...

    Like many other children, while growing up I had some ‘interesting’ ...

    George Duffield, Jr. wrote the lyrics to a hymn titled ‘Stand Up, St...

    The one thing that can still scare the daylights out of me is lightn...

    I can vaguely remember my first best friend I had in kindergarten.  ...

   New Years is a time when many ponder their past and look with anticip...

    It seems every time I see a child either by the river or by the beac...

    I know the Olympics are a big thing and I understand why people want...

    To many people, supernatural means weird, something that should not ...

    In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy made a challenging stateme...

A friend about my age commented to me the other day, “I’m to young to be...

   There have been times in my life when I have attempted some task, bel...

    Baseball season is now upon us.  I’m not sure what most people see i...

    Last week I saw an old tree that had been cut down and started to co...

    As a boy, I can remember seeing some men in an aluminum fishing boat...

    When I was small I used to love making a forts.  I would get as many...

    There’s an traditional Christmas carol, ‘Go Tell it on the Mountain’...

   When I was younger I played many sports and was quite good.  Try-outs...

    Last week my wife and I went to a coffee shop.  I got my order first...

    I went tobogganing last week.  It was loads of fun.  The major probl...

    Groundhog Day is one of those fun but silly celebrations we have whe...

   One of my favourite portions of scripture is found in Job 19.  Disast...

    It was 1969 that man landed on the moon.  When one considers the ‘pr...

    Years ago when I was teaching we had a blind gentleman that would co...

   When I was small we used to play ‘King of the Hill’.  The object of t...

    There is an old hymn penned by Elizabeth Celphane titled ‘The Ninety...

    I don’t know how accurate this is, but I recently read that in an av...

We have peas growing in our garden and they amaze me. They send out thes...

    I have never used an alarm clock to wake me up, but then I never get...

    Micah 7:8 is an amazing verse.  The second half of it says, “when I ...

   Weeds drive me crazy.  The flowers in our garden have roots that go d...

    I have never been out on a boat in a big storm.  If the wind was how...

When sometimes we are at a very low point of our lives, others often use...

    It’s interesting going down the main street of a town out of regular...

    I was out with a friend last week walking his dog.  We were on the t...

    I didn’t notice the spider’s web on my car’s side mirror until I rea...

    My wife and I recently went for a canoe ride down the Saugeen River....

    We just got a new TV and with it came a user’s manual.  The manual i...

    How things change.  I grew up going to the store with a few pennies ...

    When I was in public school we often played games like Red Rover and...

    When I was small I used to think that the moon would grow and then s...

   There is an old hymn penned by W. D. Longstaff titled ‘Take Time to b...

    Many of us go to church each week expecting to experience God.  Ther...

    I was out for a drive the other evening and passed a field of sunflo...

    Years ago there was a television show called ‘To Tell the Truth’.  T...

    When times are good, or everything around you seems to be falling in...

    I have a guitar in the room with my computer.  Sometimes something g...

    Jesus makes an interesting statement in Luke 9:62.  “ And Jesus said...

    I vaguely remember teaching my children to ride bicycles.  I know th...

    I recently bought a new game for my iPad.  It was a mini golf game. ...

    For many people, Christmas can be a lonely time.  I can remember the...

    I watched a show the other day in which a man on horseback was tryin...

    When people talk about their favourite kind of music, often they do ...

    Have you ever taken time to consider the planets in our Solar System...

    There is an account in Mark 2 where Jesus heals a man sick of the pa...

    When I think about the planets in our solar system and all the stars...

    I heard someone mention that a New Year’s resolution is something th...

    Isn’t it wonderful having call display.  You can pick up the phone a...

    The Perils of Pauline was a serial in movie theatres starting in the...

    In John 21 Jesus has already risen from the dead.  Some of the disci...

    I think we have all heard, at one time in our lives, ‘practice makes...

    Someone told me of a problem they had last week.  In the morning the...

    As I write this the weather outside is yuck.  It’s cold, wet, cloudy...

    The other day I was watching a squirrel in my backyard.  He was scur...

    The people that make up crossword puzzles amaze me.  They take over ...

    A few years ago I went to visit my son in Indiana and ended up takin...

    In times of an election, politicians seem to pop up everywhere.  Any...

    Elvina Hall penned the words to a hymn titled ‘Jesus Paid it All’.  ...

    Last week I heard a preachers say that there are thousands of roads ...

    I had the grandchildren to the beach last week.  The waves were quit...

    A few more days and it is here.  Christmas!!!!  Many families and co...

There is a hymn written by Mrs. Annie Hawks titled ‘I Need Thee Every Ho...

    Fall is a funny season.  Some years it surprises us and arrives in S...

    One of my favourite verses in the Bible is Deuteronomy 34:7.  “Moses...

    According to Mario Livio, an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope S...

    According to a study by the University of Florida, in 2007 there wer...

    There’s an old gospel song by Stuart Hamblen that says, “It is no se...

    I just read that the average high school student who owns a smart ph...

    The month of January is named for the Roman god Janus.  His name mea...

    Whenever I see little children in a store or on a busy street they a...

    After a recent rain, I went for a bike ride on trails down by a rive...

    The other day I watched a baby starling chase it’s mother around our...

    I recently came back from England and while there I visited a few ol...

    When my children were small I tried to teach them to always fess up ...

    That is the title of a hymn penned by Charlotte Elliott.  Each verse...

    I love the weather in the spring of the year.  One day there may be ...

    A properly working compass will always point north.  However, unless...

    There’s an old hymn penned by Charles Gabriel that is titled ‘More L...

    The other day on the news they had clips of military personnel retur...

    The other day I was watching TV and like a normal guy, when a commer...

    Trying to find inexpensive flights can be challenging.  That’s why i...

    There are many different kinds of boat anchors.  I recently read of ...

    The other day I overheard two teenagers talking.  One said, “Don’t y...

    One thing that many people dislike, myself included, is having to wa...

    It’s almost golf time.  At the first sign of grass showing amid the ...

    The other day I went for a walk on the trails and it was very swampy...

    I was hanging laundry out the other day and I noticed an ant running...

    Touch is an amazing thing.  I have read that people who are in comas...

    In 1964, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas recorded a song titled ‘Dan...

    Scientist have a firmly believe that black holes exist.  It is impos...

    I can remember as a teenager (yes, I can remember back that far) goi...

    If someone gave me a package of mixed seeds and asked me to guess wh...

    My grandfather lied about his age so he could enlist and fight in WW...

    Have you ever been in a dark room and suddenly someone turns on the ...

    I once saw a sign in an office.  It read, ‘There are two things in t...

    Valentine’s Day is a time when we acknowledge the ones we love and t...

    I was down by the river the other day and came across a small pond o...

    There is an account in John 8 of a woman caught in adultery.  She is...

    This past week I bought some mouse traps that were advertised as ‘pr...

    I was reading Matthew’s account in the of the life of Jesus and came...

    Have you ever stood in a slow line at the store waiting your turn fo...

Monsters!     How many people do you think are reading this simply be...

    It amazes me how the moon can circle the earth in such a consistent ...

    Elizabeth Barrett Browning penned the sonnet that starts “How do I l...

    We recently refinished the floor in our bedroom.  To do this we had ...

Heaven When I was young, I used to go out and collect pretty co...

    I love daffodils.  They seem to announce that spring is finally here...

    It’s that time of year again.  Time to get the house ready for winte...

    I can remember playing Follow the Leader as a child.  We always trie...

    I read a poster once that said, ‘Dance like no one is watching and s...

    It’s been a long dry summer.  Many crops are failing because of the ...

    Can you imagine living is a place called ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Señor...

    When summer arrives and the days get longer, it is easy to get up in...