by Susan Barnes | 7 Aug 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“It will only sting for a minute,” said the doctor while giving the injection. Once outside my son said, “my arm is going to hurt forever.” I smiled and assured him it wouldn’t. So often when I have been in pain, I’ve felt like it...
by Susan Barnes | 31 May 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“Will you come with me, Mum?” she asked on the first day of school. When our children have to face something unknown or frightening, it is a comfort to have a familiar adult, whom they love and trust, to go with them. Often this person doesn’t need to say...
by Susan Barnes | 5 May 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.” 1 Peter 2:19 Peter assumes Christians will suffer unjustly, because Christ...
