HOUSE FOR SALE - ADDRESS: HEAVEN

FEATURES

-Many rooms with a Master Suite
-Spacious love
-Open floor plan for peace
-Large eat-in grace
-Fenced-in mercy with room for expansion
-Son Room with a marvelous view of salvation
-Pool of milk and honey in back Pearly gates in
front

DIRECTIONS

The only way to the Father is through the Son

PRICE

$0. Owner-financing

COMMUNITY

Friendly angelic neighbors
Great family and friends
Praise the Lord all day and night

BONUS FEATURES

Crown of stars and new luxurious robe
Bring a friend and get a reward

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Call our local agent and representative

Name: Jesus Christ

Address: Repent Highway and Streets of Gold

Phone: Simply dial John 3:16

Remember, when Satan comes knocking at your door, just say "Jesus, will you get that for me?"

BQ SEASON

It's time to BQ!

The weather is great, and the steaks are better!

GO FLAMES GO!!!

GO

KIPPER

GO!!!

SABRES WINS

GO

SABRES

GO!!!

THE WAY TO EMMAUS

On the pilgrimage of life we all have to walk along different roads of experience. There are days when the road is Marvelous. Wonderful things happen. Thank God for those interludes. There are days when the road is Monotonous. We just have to get up and get on with the daily routine of life. There are days when the road is Mysterious. We cannot work out what is happening. The Emmaus Road falls into this category. It is a road each of us walks along at some point in our lives. It is the Road of Disappointment, dashed hopes, shattered dreams, the broken heart.

Verses 13-16: Jesus Draws Near

In verse 15 a ray of light enters the picture: Jesus draws near. The important point of this verse is that when a Christian feels alone on the road of despair they never are. Did He not say to His followers, “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you”? Did He not tell the parable of the lost sheep and how the shepherd left 99 together to seek the one on its own? Here He put the parable into practice. Here He seeks two in danger of being lost. He was determined that darkness would not overtake them. Are you on the road called Disappointment? Is the word that dominates your mind, “Why?” Know this: Jesus is closer to you than you can ever imagine. He died forsaken so that you never would be.

Verse 27: He Turned Them to the Scriptures

Starting with Moses, Jesus showed them the golden thread of grace that runs through the whole of Scripture. Alongside it, He showed them the scarlet thread of redemption. He showed them how the two were inseparably intertwined. There is no better guide on the Road of Disappointment than the Word of God. When faced with the ‘Whys’ of life we have to ask deep questions. What happens now? Where do I go? To whom can I turn? Jesus pointed them to the Scriptures. He showed them there is a higher purpose, that God is still in control and He knows exactly what is going on.

Verses 30-35: He Revealed Himself to Them

With Jesus, life’s most common moments can become sacred and special. The miraculous is often found in the ordinary. A meal is served and, “They knew him in the breaking of the bread.”

That look was all they needed to have their perspective changed. With hindsight they had the realization that Jesus had been with them as they walked on the road. Sometimes we can get a new perspective in the routine of life. It has been my experience that the miraculous has been found in the ordinary.

Are you on the Road of Disappointment? Is the “why” word on your lips? Jesus is nearer to you than you think. He wants you to know that grace and redemption are still at work. He wants to reveal himself to you so you can get a new perspective.

EASTER SUNDAY

"After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you." So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me." - Matthew 28: 1 - 9

SUTHERLAND CUP

The Cambridge Winterhawks (Junior B) won their League Championship a couple of week ago 4 Games to 1 againt Brantford.

They are now involved in a Round Robin series with Chatham & Niagara Falls for the Junior B Sutherland Cup.

They won their first game tonight - Cambridge 4 Chatham 2.

Good Luck To The Team!

PROPOSAL TO MY WIFE!

My dearest Peach,

I am Plum crazy over you. Do you Carrot all for me?

You are the Apple of my eye, with your Radish hair and Turnip nose.

Everytime I Date you, I want to Squash you to my heart.

I know we would make a happy Pear.

On my Celery we would get along nicely.

So if we Cantaloupe, Lettuce be married soon.

Lovingly Yours,

Sweet Potato

FRIENDS!!!

It was great to get together
last weekend to celebrate
Audrey's Birthday.
She's a week or so younger
than me!!! Did I say that!

CONFERENCE - TORONTO

During free time at the conference, Harold & I went with Wayne to look for a suit for his son's wedding. Yeah, you guess it, we all bought suits ($69.99, plus Tax - regular $300.00).









Enjoying lunch & the fellowship. Great conference & great fellowship.

HOLY WEEK - GOOD FRIDAY

Isaiah 53: 1 - 6 (The Message) - "Who believes what we've heard and seen? Who would have thought GOD'S saving power would look like this? The servant grew up before God - a scrawny seedling, a scrubby plant in a parched field. There was nothing attractive about him, nothing to cause us to take a second look. He was looked down on and passed over, a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand. One look at him and people turned away. We looked down on him, thought he was scum. But the fact is, it was our pains he carried - our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. We thought he brought it on himself, that God was punishing him for his own failures. But it was our sins that did that to him, that ripped and tore and crushed him - our sins! He took the punishment, and that made us whole. Through his bruises we get healed. We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost. We've all done our own thing, gone our own way. And God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong, on him, on him. He was beaten, he was tortured, but he didn't say a word. Like a lamb taken to be slaughtered and like a sheep being sheared, he took it all in silence."

HOLY WEEK - GOOD FRIDAY

They bound the hands of Jesus in the garden when He prayed;
They led Him through the streets in shame,
They spat upon the Saviour so pure and free from sin;
They said "Crucify Him, He's to blame"

He could have called ten thousand angels,
To destroy the world and set Him free.
He could have called ten thousand angels,
But He died alone, for you and me.

Upon His precious head they placed a crown of thorns;
They laughed and said, "Behold the King"
They struck Him and they cursed Him and mocked His Holy Name,
All alone He suffered everything.

When they nailed Him to the Cross, His mother stood nearby.
He said, "Woman, behold thy son!"
He cried, "I thirst for water, but they gave Him none to drink.
Then the sinful work of man was done.

To the howling mob He yielded; He did not for mercy cry.
The cross of shame He took alone.
And when He cried, "It's finished!", He gave Himself to die,
Salvation's wondrous plan was done.

HOLY WEEK - GETHSEMANE

All of us will experience Gethsemanes in our lifetime. They are moments of great spiritual distress, fear and anguish. We may be experiencing hatred and betrayal. We may be called to take up our cross and we don’t want to do it. We want to be spared the cost of discipleship. In our deepest pains, grief’s and troubles we can call, "Abba, oh Father." We have a loving, tender heavenly Father who cares deeply for us.

Even Christ needed prayer companions in Gethsemane. Sleeping friends were better than being alone. If Christ needed companions, we would be wise to ask for friends to be with us in our Gethsemanes. Don’t be upset when they let us down. Judas betrayed, the others slumbered, Peter denied their relationship and they all ran away in fear. We see a picture of life drama and human frailties.

Take this cup. What is our cup in life we are called to drink? Sorrow? Suffering? Persecution? Costly discipleship? Sacrificing personal ambition? Greed? Comfort? Give it to God.

Not my will. All of us will need to surrender to God’s will. Some of us kick, scream, gnash our teeth. Christ in anguish sweat great drops of blood.

Thy will be done. If we pray this, our lives will be changed. We will be transformed.

HOLY WEEK - PETER

It was the night of Jesus' betrayal and arrest. Most of His disciples fled in fear. We must at least give Peter credit for following Jesus to the courtyard of the High Priest, albeit at what he deemed was a safe distance. Yet what Peter is best remembered for in this situation is his denial of knowing and following Jesus Christ, even though Jesus had forewarned him of this very temptation. Let's read the account of Peter's denial from all the records to put together the full picture of what happened.

Mark 14:53-54; John 18:17-18

• In whose courtyard does the scene take place?
• Where was Peter sitting? Why?
• Who had made the fire?
• With whom was Peter sitting?

Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-62

• Note the progression of Peter's denials.
• What did he do the third time he denied Christ in order to persuade them that he didn't know Him?
• What ultimately brought Peter around to repentance?

Now let's note some truths that we can learn from Peter's example.

1. Just because we're in a religious environment doesn't mean we're safe from the enemy. Peter was in the courtyard of the High Priest, the very head of the Jewish religious system. But they didn't acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah, the Saviour and Lord of mankind. This was not a safe place to be no matter what the name on the door! Read the letters to the churches in Revelation 2-3 and Mark 7:6-7.
2. Following Jesus at a safe distance is never really safe. Because we're not fully against Him we are not safe in the world, and because we're not fully for Him we're not availing ourselves of His power to protect us. Read Matthew 16:24-25.
3. When we try to blend in with the world we will always find ourselves surrounded by the enemy's people. Peter was attracted to the warmth, light, comfort and security of the enemy's fire. Gathered around the fire he could just blend in with everybody else. But by doing so, he found himself sitting with the enemy's guards; the very men who had come to arrest Jesus. He was comforting himself at the very fire they had built. Read John 17:13-16.
4. There are many ways to deny Jesus, and once we start we're on a slippery slope. To deny means "to disclaim connection with or responsibility for" (Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary). We disclaim connection with Jesus when we listen to an off-color joke at the office and laugh with everybody else. We disclaim connection with Jesus when we line up at the movie theater to watch R-rated films with everybody else. We disclaim connection with Jesus in myriads of ways. The more we disclaim connection with Him the easier it becomes. Soon, we'll look and sound just like His enemy's people. Read 1 Corinthians 3:1-3.
5. Our best safeguard is to read, study and meditate upon God's Word and petition His Holy Spirit to bring it to our remembrance as needed. Ultimately, it was recalling the words of Jesus and looking into His face that brought Peter to repentance. Read 1Corinthians 10:11 and 2 Timothy 3:16.

The final word in this lesson is that denial is not necessarily deadly. Peter recognized his mistake, he wept bitterly, and he made himself available to Jesus for forgiveness and restoration (see John 21:15-17). Have you realized that the only way we know of Peter's denial is that he must have told others about it himself after he had been forgiven and restored? He wanted us to learn from his mistake and to know that there is forgiveness. Our challenge is to follow Peter's example: recognize our mistake, weep bitterly over what we have done to Jesus, and make ourselves available to Him for forgiveness and restoration.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, In the light of His glory and grace.

HOLY WEEK - JUDAS

John 13: 21 - 30: "After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me." His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, "Ask him which one he means." Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, "Lord, who is it?" Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish." Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. 'What you are about to do, do quickly,' Jesus told him, but no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the Feast, or to give something to the poor. As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night."

What is Jesus worth to you and I? You remember the line in the famous old hymn When I Survey the Wondrous Cross? "Love so amazing, so divine, demands my life, my soul, my all." While there has been much speculation about why Judas did what he did, the bottom line is simply this: He sold his Master out for thirty pieces of silver! Nothing can make that right except Jesus' love and forgiveness. The fact that Judas took his life for betraying Jesus indicates that he missed the whole point: Jesus died so we don't have to die in our sin. While Peter got the message, received forgiveness, and was called back into ministry, Judas could not see beyond his own horrible deed. He couldn't see the Lord's victory over death. He couldn't see the Lord's love for him. He couldn't see the possibility of forgiveness. He couldn't see beyond his own horrible failure. Incredibly, Jesus called one of his greatest opponents to be his missionary to the Gentiles when he confronted Saul on the road to Damascus. What a shame that Judas died as a traitor when he could have been welcomed back home as forgiven son.

Heavenly Father, I must confess that I am often tempted to hate Judas. What he did to your Son and my Saviuor is unreasonable. But in my heart, I find myself mourning for him today as I think you did. To be so close to the Saviuor and miss salvation, to be so close to the seat of mercy and die unreconciled, to see Jesus' compassion and kindness and yet bring such a cruel and self-inflicted fate is tragic. Help me to be an agent of your mercy so that those around me who have had horrible moments of failure can find their way back to Jesus, and to You!

HOLY WEEK - WASHING THE DISCIPLES' FEET

"...Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end...got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself. Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded." (John 13: 1, 4, 5)

The basin and the towel,
And Jesus on His knees,
What graciousness is here,
What holy mysteries!
How needs of mine assail me when
I watch the Master and His men.

Such love He bore His own,
All selfless to the end,
To take the servant’s part,
On dusty knee to bend,
And girded with humility
He kneels to minister to me.

His lowliness is might,
His meekness is majesty,
His holy hands can touch
A traitor lovingly!
Let pride be broken when it sees
That kingly love upon its knees.

The basin brims with grace
As Jesus comes again;
He holds the towel to me
To serve men in His name.
To share such Christly ministries
I can but fall upon my knees.

Edward Read (Commissioner)

HOLY WEEK - CLEANSING THE TEMPLE

John 2: 13 - 25

If your experience was similar to mine - when you first heard this story of Jesus cleansing the temple, you might have cheered at the fact that Jesus really was human like us. Can you imagine he actually got angry? - in fact, enraged? How justified I would feel putting myself on the same par with Jesus and letting myself off the hook with my negative behavior. This episode is NOT about anger at all, but leads us to the core of what Lent is all about - namely, TRANSFORMATION.

This story of the cleansing of the temple is a story with a sense of urgency. Jesus is actually saying: "No more business as usual. There is not much time left. Be converted, be cleansed because the reign of God is at hand."

Among the most poignant expressions in the gospel are the two final sentences of this reading: "For his part, Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all. He needed no one to give him testimony about human nature; he was well aware of what was in the human heart!"

These people were using the façade of the temple to do just about anything they wished. They felt that being in a so-called holy place could justify their actions. But, the fact was that the temple was anything but a holy place where one could come into contact with God. How well Jesus knew that the purpose behind the temple was so that they could fix God in a specific place and control access to Him. Instead of a life-giving, meaningful relationship with God, the religious leaders began to pride themselves on rituals, rules, regulations and laws and how perfectly they kept these. Looking good became more important than loving God and others.

This is what had to go. This is what had to be overturned. The actions of Jesus are those of someone who is doing something dramatic to get our attention, doing something that makes us say to Him: "Who are you? Why are you doing these things?" Of course, He is asking us the same questions through this story: "Who are you? What are you doing.?"

How often you and I fall into the same trap of seeking perfection instead of seeking God. What needs to be overturned is our belief that we have to be perfect before God can love us. Why do we work so hard to achieve what we already have - God's unconditional love? False religion would lure us into focusing on our flaws and our faults or forget that God gazes on us at this precise moment and loves us as we are!

When we get sucked into constant self-criticism, we lose God's perspective of us and forget our goodness. We also lose sight of the fact that it is God who helps us to grow, who transforms us - but we're so busy trying to change ourselves that we put God on the unemployment line - let's allow God to do God's work. - He knows best what needs change in us.

When our goal is to "be perfect" we can thrash around in our flaws and faults and forget about loving others and sharing our gifts with them. We allow the desire to be perfect to oppress us and keep us in bondage to self-preoccupation. The spotlight is on ME - and God recedes into the background. Who do we think we are to foster an image of a tyrant God who demands perfect behavior of us when God's own description-is one who loves us JUST AS WE ARE, NOT AS WE OR OTHERS THINK WE OUGHT TO BE. Listen carefully and etch these words on your heart - this is God speaking to you personally: "I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have carved your name on the palm of my hands."

It is precisely these misleading and false concepts we have that are the tables that Jesus wants to overturn. Can we use this season of Lent to discover beliefs and attitudes that I carry around that are not life-giving and need to be overturned and cleansed?

I conclude with this prayer: It is time for me to see the flaws of myself and stop being alarmed. It is time for me to halt my drive for perfection and to accept my blemishes and faults after all, God does! It is time for me to receive slowly evolving growth - the kind that comes in God's own good time and pays no heed to my panicky pushing for perfection. It is time for me to embrace my humanness and to love my incompleteness. It is time for me to cherish the unwanted, to welcome the unknown, to treasure the unfulfilled. If I wait to be perfect before I love myself I will always be unsatisfied and ungrateful. If I wait until all the flaws, chips, and cracks disappear I will be the cup that stands on the shelf and is never used.

HOLY WEEK....CONTINUED

Isaiah 42:1-9; Mark 14:3-9.

After the joy and celebration of Palm Sunday, we begin Holy Week with a foretaste of what lies ahead. The Old Testament lesson comes before the Gospel. Given the content of the texts today, it seems to make more sense to read them in reverse order.

One of the two Gospel passages appointed for today comes from Mark 14:3-19. In this passage Jesus is visiting the house of Simon the Leper and "...Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair." Now nard was one of the more precious of the biblical fragrances and it was reported that Horace offered to send Virgil a whole barrel of his best wine in exchange for a phial of nard. This is confirmed by a later section of this passage when Judas upbraids Mary for not selling the perfume for 300 denarii. One denari, in Jesus' day, was the wage of a typical laborer. Though nard is now rare, its name has been synonymous for centuries as the perfume of the last Garden of Eden. To Judas Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial." Thus time perfume is doubly symbolic: for our fall from grace that Jesus came to earth to atone and for the terrible price he must pay for our sins.

The Old Testament lesson comes from Isaiah 42:1-9 and paints us a picture of the risen Christ. "Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out ...."

As we move through this week, we move spiritually through the pain and death we deserve through our sins, into the light and life that was bought through the free gift of God the Father, the sacrifice of his Son, and the constant sustaining of us all by the Holy Spirit.

HOLY WEEK

JESUS WENT TO JERUSALEM to announce the Good News to the people of that city. And Jesus knew that he was going to put a choice before them: Will you be my disciple, or will you be my executioner? There is no middle ground here. Jesus went to Jerusalem to put people in a situation where they had to say yes or no. That is the great drama of Jesus' passion: He had to wait upon how people were going to respond.

Henri J. M. Nouwen.

SATAN'S MEETING

Satan called a worldwide convention of demons.

In his opening address he said, "We can't even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their savior. Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken.

"So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered dish dinners, but steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ.

"This is what I want you to do," said the devil.

"Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!"

"How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.

"Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds," he answered.

"Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow.

"Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles.

"Keep them from spending time with their children.

"As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!

"Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice.

"Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive. To keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music constantly.

"This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ.

"Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers.

"Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day.

"Invade their driving moments with billboards.

"Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering free products, services and false hopes.

"Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important, and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives.

"Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night. Give them headaches too!

"If they don't give their husbands the love they need, they will begin to look elsewhere. That will fragment their families quickly!

"Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning of Christmas.

Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about his resurrection and power over sin and death.

"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive. Have them return from their recreation exhausted.

"Keep them too busy to go out in nature and reflect on God's creation. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, plays, concerts, and movies instead.

"Keep them busy, busy, busy!"

"And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences.

"Crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Jesus. Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause.

"It will work!"

It was quite a plan!

The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busier and more rushed, going here and there. Having little time for their God or their families.

Having no time to tell others about the power of Jesus to change lives.

The question is...has the devil been successful in his schemes?

You be the judge.

Does "BUSY" mean: B-eing U-nder S-atan's Y-oke?

--Author Unknown

TRIP TO CALGARY (JAN.-FEB. 06)!!!

I am finally getting around
to publishing some
pictures of our trip to
Calgary, visiting Berkley,
Debbie, Ruby, & Brendan.
Ruby had birthday # 2.
We had a great time!





Uncle Brendan sharing
his popsicle!









Good DQ Ice Cream!








Waiting for Nanny &
Poppy's Luggage








My Birthday Cake!








Mommy & Daddy & ME!








Nanny & Me at Airport








Ruby, see snow in
background.









Poppy & his little girl!

Relaxing...Watching Elmo

THE GANG

Some of you will
know that I
celebrated my 51st
Birthday on Thursday
March 30.





Bradley, Charissa,
Caleb & Joshua
made a visit to
Burlington on Friday.

We had lunch
at Swiss Chalet.

It was great to see them!