Tag: Bible
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Bearing Fruit In Old Age
Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age. Psalm 92:13-14a For as long as I can remember we’ve had a spineless yucca tree at our school. I have no idea who brought it and left it there,…
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It Takes One To Know One
You probably know the old saying, “it takes one to know one,” but why is it so much easier to see any given fault in someone else than it is to see it in ourselves? Could it be that God brought Israel face to face with a picture of their own unrighteousness magnified so that…
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How High Can You Climb?
Just as with climbing a jungle gym on the playground, with adult ladders of success, there are risks. You could lose. You could have some success and then fall. The one that bugs me the most is the risk of my endeavors proving to be a waste of time.
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Now These Three Remain: Faith, Hope, and… Anxiety?
My hope as a Christian is not just a wish on a star; it is not based on my own planning; it is based on the promise of God, and that’s a promise you can take to the bank (Hebrews 6:13-18). But this is also why I still have anxiety at times— even when I’ve…
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A Setting For Your Story
Sadly, in recent years my mom has developed severe short-term memory loss. It’s almost as if she is constantly grasping for an understanding of her setting.
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Cleaning House
We love for someone else to clean up our mess… to a point. But we might not want someone digging too deep into “our stuff.”
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Fear Of Fire
When I was a girl, maybe 6 or 7 years old, the house behind ours caught fire in the middle of the night. Our whole family got out of bed and watched it from our sliding glass door. We knew the neighbors were safe, but I still cried because I was afraid the fire would…
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Distortion
Some things should never be twisted out of shape. Like Humpty Dumpty, some things cannot be put together again once the original shape is distorted.
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