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A Box Full
[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=full+box&iid=269263″ src=”0265/74554cf8-9dc7-4a9f-9026-fad09f9746b5.jpg?adImageId=11669056&imageId=269263″ width=”380″ height=”253″ /]I often wonder at the enormity of change in our culture. As a child, the phrase, “Your box is full” meant simply that a box (cardboard or otherwise) belonging to me, was full. Currently … Continue reading
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Tagged Devotional, friendship, goodness, joy, love
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The shelves are full
[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=refrigerator&iid=162051″ src=”0158/e33658a0-feb4-40e5-bc4d-362ab018b445.jpg?adImageId=11392897&imageId=162051″ width=”234″ height=”156″ /]As I sit in the dark graciously endowed by “Daylight Savings” I look to the day ahead. The tasks already exceed the time available and I know beyond shadow of doubt tomorrow, should it … Continue reading
Singing to a Rock
I have suffered a myriad of strange urges in my life, singing to a rock has not been one of them. Why would someone serenade a mineral or be joyful over a stone? I suppose I have seen the light of happiness in a woman’s … Continue reading
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Tagged creation, direction, evolution, joy, love, worship
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Negotiating the Ice (of Discontent)
[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=ice&iid=7945539″ src=”1/c/3/3/Snow_and_ice_76f1.JPG?adImageId=10366444&imageId=7945539″ width=”234″ height=”147″ /]Once upon a time there was this thing called “winter.” I read about it in the Little House on the Prairie books. One scene in particular remains in my memory: visiting the barn during … Continue reading
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Tagged Devotional, grace, ice, joy, snow, suffering, winter
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Monochromatic (Part 3 A Little Crowing)
[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=crowing&iid=5238140″ src=”d/d/8/7/Crowing_Rooster_on_1d62.jpg?adImageId=9292820&imageId=5238140″ width=”234″ height=”354″ /] I want to stop and give thanks to God for his provision and goodness to Michelle and me. Ryan is currently working with Messer Construction Co. as an engineering intern. The funds he will earn … Continue reading
To Give an Offense
[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=eating&iid=7386012″ src=”9/b/0/a/Indonesian_Tree_Man_50bd.jpg?adImageId=8819663&imageId=7386012″ width=”234″ height=”156″ /]Grace that reflects the power and presence of the Holy Spirit is simultaneously strong and sensitive. Long before “political correctness” became a catch phrase, there stood a Biblical command to exercise freedom in … Continue reading
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