For Aubrey

  After a year and a half, I am back at the same story that began a stirring in me to pray for someone.  And once again this morning, the same story has stirred me.  I have learned some things since that initial stirring . . . and this morning, the things I have learned [...]

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The Vine of Depression

  I just finished a week of clearing underbrush, tree tops left over from a logging crew and ripping vines from trees that have been allowed to grow together for years.  It was good to have good equipment, guys that knew how to operate it and women who kept us hydrated and fed.   We [...]

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Watch This – This is Going to be Cool

When the Lord told Abraham that He would take him to a new land and that he would have a son, was Abraham to pray for it to happen when it seemed like it wasn’t going to, or was it for him pray that his faith – his believing – would stay in tack when [...]

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Campfires

  Chances are you’ve built a campfire or two.  You start with small stuff to get it going and then add more and bigger pieces of wood.  Before long you can have a pretty good fire.  In the course of an evening, you might add wood several times to keep a good fire.  As long [...]

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Drip . . . Drip . . . Drip

You’ve seen the bag of liquid hanging by the hospital bed. It is set to dispense – drip by drip – the fluids a body needs while being cared for. I thought of this in relation to a blogging friend of mine. Every day, she posts something simple that she gets from reading God’s word. [...]

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How Firm a Foundation

How Firm a Foundation By John Rippon 1787 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in His excellent word! What more can He say than to you He hath said— To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? “Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not [...]

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His Incredible Resources

The economy has changed our way of living. We do less and have less than we did when times were good, but somehow we lack nothing and are richer than we ever have been. Life on the edge can be exciting in more ways than one. It is a great place from which to see [...]

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Time To Reconcile

Do you keep your check book reconciled to the monthly bank statement? Are you content with it just being close or do you work it out to the penny? Do you even bother with? What about your beliefs? Do you check them regularly? Are you content with them just being close? Do you bother with [...]

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I Can’t See the Cross from Here

  There is a cross located near the western border of southern Illinois.  It is the tallest cross in the western hemisphere at 111 feet.  At night, when lit, the cross can be seen for 7500 square miles and has attracted visitors from all over the world.  The idea was conceived in 1937 when two [...]

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When God Hides His Face

  I can relate to the ups and downs that David so clearly expressed in the Psalms.  He was utterly dependent on God for everything: guidance, provision, protection . . . even his frame of mind. I noticed this years ago in a line he wrote; “And in my prosperity I said, I shall never [...]

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