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Adore the Author
As the years have rolled along, my vision has become fainter and I now depend on magnification to read, or I use the “read aloud” feature on my computer to give my eyes a break. For three or more years I have also been enrolled in the “Talking Books” program that is provided for the …
As the Waves
Recently I took a trip to see my daughter and family who lives in Florida. I went with two intentions: to see their new house, recently built, and to see my great-grandson, Kyle, who was born last October. I did not go to be entertained. However, my son-in-love, Gary, insisted we take an afternoon to …
Panoply
If you think “I wonder what that means. . .” join me and others in our church auditorium when the word came up in the song, “Soldiers of Christ Arise” when it appeared on the PowerPoint screen Sunday. On the ride home from church, it was a matter of discussion, in fact. As soon as …
A Lamentation
Someone in a prayer group this morning pointed out this verse: Lamentations 2:19 “Arise, Cry Out in the night: In the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward Him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in …
Crowd Control and the Cloud
This is an “in the moment” writing. I don’t do enough of it on this site. I do it all the time in my journal. Today you are getting a glimpse of what is put down in handwriting in my spiral-bound notebook. It is just a school version of writing paper and nothing fancy at …
Rot
“He’s a rotten apple” speaks of the wisdom that one rotten apple makes the whole barrel rotten. It is an old expression that is still used now and then today. I don’t think apples are sold in barrels anymore, but it is easy to get the idea of the saying. Any sort of spoilage in …
Trees
We are instructed in Psalm 1 that if we walk with godly people, display a peaceful attitude, do not consider the counsel of sinners, and delight ourselves in the Word of God, we will be like trees planted near water. Such trees flourish with healthy green foliage and produce fruit. Like that tree, the person …
Benjamin Franklin speaks. . .
Political division is intense today; it was intense in the Constitutional Convention when America was a fledgling nation. We will always have differences of opinion. It is human nature. It is worth the time to read and feel the intensity of Franklin’s words when he addresses the assembly with the proposition that each day of …
Job, Chapter 3
Last week I published just the core of my weekly study from the Bible book of Job. This week I am publishing the entire handout sheet. I hope it helps in a practical way. Job is outside the city, isolated because he is such a messy sight, and in anguish of mind as well as …
The Shepherd's Presence 