ROCKINGHAM, Nova Scotia, October 25, 2019 – Even as we do our best to follow Jesus, our walk with God is not always without problems.

Sometimes we make mistakes.

Sometimes we make HUGE mistakes and suffer for them.

I made one of those mistakes about 15 years ago. I didn’t turn my back on God, but I did drift from him. I was tempted, I fell, and I suffered accordingly. Part of that suffering was a stint of homelessness. It happened in summer and early fall, so for a time I fooled myself into believing that I was “camping”, but I was definitely homeless. I was also unemployed, so I was penniless on top of being homeless on top of being slightly estranged from God. This was not a good place for a born-again believer to be, but there I was. (more…)