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Continue reading →: Words fascinate me
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. – Winston Churchill Awhile back I set out to write 300 words a day and to publish a blog once a week. Well, that didn’t happen. But I really want to write! This morning I…
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Continue reading →: Greater than us
There are certain times that I purposely refrain from speaking out what’s on my mind. I KNOW whatever comes out may come from truth but by the time it passes through my hormone-drunk synapses and makes its way to my lips it will be about as pleasant to hear as…
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Continue reading →: Sweet spot
My family is shaping up to be a baseball family. I enjoy baseball. One of the coolest things about baseball is the sound you can feel in your gut when a batter hits the sweet spot of the bat making perfect contact with the pitched ball. You know instantly, “That’s…
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Continue reading →: A summer for new feet
There is a time and a season for everything. Sometimes it seems its time for the same thing every season. But this summer was different than other summers. I thought it was a season for me to enjoy the fruit of my labors, but it was actually a time for…
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Continue reading →: A cupful of Niagara Falls
I feel like I’m trying to catch the lesson on forgiveness much like a person would feel who’s trying to catch a cup of water by holding a mug out under the Niagara Falls. I know with my head that forgiveness is the crux of Christianity. But its taking me…
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Continue reading →: “Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.”
So I’ve set a goal for myself after talking with my writing friend… I’m going to write 300 words a day for the summer, and I’ll post a blog once a week. I want to be a disciplined person, but I’m not. I made a chart for my sons so…
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Continue reading →: Receiving
I think maybe at least part of the reason Jesus said, “It’s more blessed to give than to receive,” is because He knew how we we want to, or think we, deserve what we are given. He knows we humans have a hard time humbly receiving gifts. We are either…
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Continue reading →: A whiff of heaven
Explaining sanctification to a 7 year old is really… clarifying. I think all we who claim to be Christians should at some point try describing the process of “being sanctified” to a child. It was a really precious moment. And quite frankly I wasn’t expecting it. Actually I was tired,…
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Continue reading →: My last post in one sentence
Jesus is really the only One who can condemn you and the only One who can really save you. Quieted, Sheila
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