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Life Is Changing


It’s been a long time since my last post. I have changed so much in my absence from this blog of mine. I once thought I had it all together. I’m pretty sure I did. What changed? I got lax … Continue reading

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To Be Continued


Some days I wish to cry. Like today. I have an overwhelming urge to leap into depression. I have no energy to do anything. Yet in all of it, I hear God speak. In the previous post, I wrote about … Continue reading

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New Facet on Salvation


I’ve been away a while. It’s not because I have not been thinking about things. I have. I do not write these thoughts down because I work a regular job that is quite an energy drain. I can’t seem to … Continue reading

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And Darkness Covered the Earth


Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His … Continue reading

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God Doesn’t Change


Just an observation. I was letting my mind do it’s usual. Throwing things around in my head about how we view God today. A thought came up that made me stop and think. God is God. Right? He says He … Continue reading

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Whadda Ya Think?


God is a good God. I’m still recovering from surgery. It will be three weeks this coming Monday. At my age I’m finding it difficult to get back to normal. I’ve developed a pain in the upper center of my … Continue reading

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Healing


I have often considered the decisions of either praying for someone to be healed or to pray for God’s will. I’m sure I’m not alone in this world over these two directions we should consider for someone who requests we … Continue reading

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I Am Blessed


My wife and I came home this evening after spending it with her classmates from 1974 for their 50th anniversary graduation dinner. This year would be 55 years for me. God has blessed me with a wonderful woman in my … Continue reading

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Availability


Believe me when I say growing old is not for sissies. I’ll be seventy-four in October and I’m beginning to feel the change an old body takes from year to year now. The body will fail. It will die. Disease … Continue reading

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O Death, Where is Thy Sting?


A thought just hit me. When a bee stings its stinger breaks off in its prey. It can never sting again. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and … Continue reading

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