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Category Archives: Thoughts and Reflections
I Decided to do it Today
I know how to keep my body at a healthy weight. I really can’t explain why, but for the last several weeks, even maybe few months, I have just eaten anything I wanted to eat. I have a friend who … Continue reading
Weakened by Joy
I found myself so overcome with joy this week that I was too weak to pray. My thoughts went to the teaching in Romans where we learn that the Holy Spirit helps us. It says that the Spirit intercedes for … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, God, Holy Spirit, hope, joy, prayer, strength, weakness
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The Altar is too Crowded
I confided to a friend that I am harboring a feeling of resentment toward someone. This friend responded with firm kindness, “You need to lay that on the altar”. I thought about this, struggling with the tension of knowing she … Continue reading
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Tagged friend, God, Honesty, love, prayer, resentment, self, struggle, surrender
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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