Posts by Laura Puiras (Page 5)

A few weeks ago at Intercession, Rodney led us all to consider our dreams. Not like… the ones we see in our sleep at night, but the ones we hold close to our hearts; the ones that often get buried beneath the realities of life. I had joined Intercession that night, straight out of a discouraging planning meeting about the Willowdale Christmas Market. Our planning team seemed to be divided and everyone had questions, comments and concerns… but nobody seemed…

One night a man had a dream… He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD.Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand.He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one…

For some reason, writing this devo has felt a little more difficult than usual… there hasn’t been a specific passage coming to mind, no major thoughts or recent epiphanies (not even from my garden or the changing autumn colours)… my thoughts simply feel quiet. And then all of a sudden it was like I could slowly hear Rebecca St. James singing back to me from a far-off, long forgotten corner of my memory… You are God in HeavenAnd here am…

I dunno about you, but I have been feeling very tired lately. Although I suppose I’m technically functional most of the time, I’m facing a depth of exhaustion that I wish I could say I’ve never known before… but is one that has actually become quite familiar. I learned the phrase “compassion fatigue” the other day. As my mind was blown by how perfect those words were, it was almost as if my spirit sighed a big, “Finally.“ Compassion Fatigue…

Happy Thanksgiving, Lifespring Family! We have so much to be grateful for and so many reasons to give thanks. Even though we live with such great privilege, it can sometimes be more difficult to take on a posture of praise. Regardless of where each of us may find ourselves this day, the God we love and we worship remains steadfast in love and eternally gracious. And the Kingdom of Heaven, which Jesus taught about, remains consistently confusing and dumbfounding… and…

Friday, September 30, 2022: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Although only one province (PEI) and two territories (The Northwest Territories and Nunavut) recognize today as a statutory holiday (one that the law requires people to take off and/or will pay people more if they need to work) … today is a National Day of Remembrance in Canada. Also known as Orange Shirt Day, this day pauses to reflect on the atrocious ways the Indigenous Peoples have been treated here…

The seasons they are a-changin’ once more! Somehow, today is the final day of summer. I promise I’m not just trying to be cruel by reminding all of you about that… and, thankfully, the beginning of a Toronto autumn can still feel quite a bit like summer! I was in a meeting last week and the lady who was facilitating it was talking about change. She chuckled as she asked how many of us like change and feel we do…

This morning I saw an amazing video clip of an elderly Italian woman discovering the mystery and wonder of Google Home for the first time (you can watch it here below). Her younger family members were coaching her on how to activate it and then giving her ideas of what to ask… her shock when the little speaker in front of her told her the weather in her hometown was hilarious! The captions that went along with it were comparing…

In a year that we have specifically focused on “For His Name’s Sake”, the Lord has been bringing Lifespring into a much deeper understanding of who He is and what “His Name’s Sake” even means! It has shifted our collective perspective from being focused on our current situations and to considering life from a heavenly one. It has led us to re-examine our motivations when we serve others and to challenge if we are doing things for our own name’s…

Sometimes I can get a little caught up in the details… For example, if I have a major project ahead of me, sometimes I find myself focused on small things like the font or formatting rather than sorting out what the substance of the project will be. Or if I have a big event coming up, rather than figuring out how I will get to the event or how I will get back home, I’ll spend hours figuring out what…

As you may or may not have heard, I, Laura Puiras, have finally obtained my G1 driver’s license!! Whilst that fact has the potential to lead all of us into different forms of prayer and devotion (praise and thanksgiving, fear and trembling, etc.) we’re just going to use it today as a launching pad… The G1 driver’s test is simply a written test that ensures a person knows about the rules of the road, can use critical thinking and simple…

I won’t lie, this devo was inspired by a song. So if you’re thinking of an Elevation song called, “Same God”… you’re very right to do so! The first time I heard it I was actually a little annoyed by it … it was too wordy and hard to follow and why is it so long?! But, as the Lord often does, the Spirit of God began to shift around and soften my perspective; showing me instead how this song…