Cheryl's Corner

I had a really incredible summer and it is still impacting my life. I had the opportunity to work at the summer day camp at my church as the LIT (Leaders In Training) director. I got to work with a group of Jr. high students who want to be future counsellors and through different ways, we provided them with some training. A week before camp started a friend, who meant a lot to me, suddenly died. I was going to go visit him the day before but it just didn’t work out. Going into the last week of planning for camp- I was numb; filled with hurt, frustration and regret.  I had to plan the Bible studies and I felt like I was the last one who should be doing so. I had missed my opportunity to tell someone I really cared about Jesus so I felt like such a hypocrite.  Even though it was a really hard week, God just kept carrying me through, guiding me and bringing everything together. I soon began to see the same way he carried me through that week, was the same way he carried me t...

“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God … See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” A couple of weeks ago I got to go to Florida with my sister, brother-in-law and nephew.   It was one of the best vacations I’ve had! One of my favorite parts of the week was waking up to my 3 month year old nephew Lucas each morning.   Most mornings I tried to get up with Lucas so that my sister could sleep in more.   She has to do it every other morning but for me it is still a novelty!   After Lucas was fed and changed in the morning, he was so happy.   We played for a while, he giggled and squealed, and those mornings were so precious! I love him so much! Sometimes the longing to be a wife and mother is so strong, but God has been so good to bring so many babies into my life now that I can love. As much as I love Lucas, I can’t even imagi...