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The truth about what we can expect from God
It feels good when we see it written on wall hangings or read it in a greeting card, but there’s just no truth in it. I’m not sure who started telling the lie about what we can expect from God, or when...
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Lifting Our Eyes From the Dryer Lint of Life
The last year has been like dryer lint. Matted together, there are things of unknown origin tangled in it . Gradual compression pulled fibers from familiar items to create a single layer of leftovers,...
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When you can’t see through your storm
I could feel her heart heaving through our clasped hands. Her tears flowed as we took her cares to the Lord together. When our world is awash with a storm of burdens, how can we lift our eyes? No one...
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Where does real help really come from?
God, are you out there? Do you see me? Even at the ends of the earth, do you see me? I’m at the ends of the earth this week, and I’m lifting my eyes, and I’m seeing such great darkness and pain....
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Trading Holidays Hostility for unChristmas Peace
There was no shortage of the Christmas spirit that day. In my red sweater and red car, I mentally reviewed my holidays shopping list and hummed carols with the radio. I entered the lot according to the...
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To pastures green through deserts brown
Seasons of refreshing even come to the desert. For many months, an assortment of browns have covered the landscape like scum on a shower door. Winter rains surprised me, but still there was no color...
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Thanksgiving: How to talk Turkey when life gives you a hog
The year we ate a hog in the jungle for Thanksgiving, I learned the holiday isn’t at all about grandma’s house, family recipes, pilgrims, or even turkey. But I do love turkey and all those things. A...
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How to let go when life is a lot
“You just let go,” she said. “I’ll take the weight and you release it.” My eyes closed, I could feel her hands holding my head and my tender temples, but releasing doesn’t come naturally. I’m more used...
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Letting go when your life is heavy
“You just let go,” she said. “I’ll take the weight and you release it.” But releasing doesn’t come naturally. I’m more used to holding the weight myself. I practice all the time, every day. But the...
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Indicator Lights & how 2018 shapes 2019
Except for the wind, it wasn’t bitterly cold, though it was night-black like velvet. When the orange symbol lit up behind my steering wheel, I was curious, but not concerned. “Cold temperatures cause...
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