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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Answering the Door
Aging eyes shape our responses to many activities of daily living. Years of experience have taught that it is wise to know who is at the door before you throw it open and welcome them in. This caution is also … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Reflections
Tagged aging, anxiety, choice, companion, peace, power of speach, power of thought, presence, visitors
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Why is Grief so Lonely?
It is often true that people rally around a grieving person. There are probably rare times when a person is so the center of attention as at the memorial service of a loved one. Yet, neither the well-meaning crowd nor … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Reflections
Tagged comfort, comforters, grief, hand, hope, lonely, pain, Presende, standing with
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When the Journey Looks Impossible
I have been fascinated today by a story I found on BBC News of bar headed geese that take a “short cut” on their migratory journey from Tibet to India and actually fly over the top of Mt Everest. This … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Reflections
Tagged adventure, assignament, calling, challenge, God, impossible, journey, mountian, Nature, Provision, risk, turst
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Loving the Invisible Ones
A friend just posted a question on Face book, in words more eloquent than mine, asking for help in understanding why the world is standing united in response to 17 people killed in Paris and virtually ignoring the 2000 who … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Reflections
Tagged attebtion, ccompassion, honor, Jesus, justice, media, pain, sight, suffering, tragedy
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No Return Address
I wonder why some of the burdens that I so genuinely send to God are returned to me. I open the package and am dismayed that the thing I sent has come back to me in the same condition in … Continue reading
Let the Mystery Live
There is something unexplainable about a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. As a young child I would exhaust my mother with questions. She would gently say, “Honey, it is better not to ask those questions”. I didn’t appreciate her … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, childhood, faith, mystery, questions, trust
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