Category: The Bookshelf
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Notes From My Inbox
Over the past weeks as I have risen in the small hours of the morning with a mind that will not still, one of the places I have found solace is in re-reading the words of encouragement of my friends. Tonight I struggled through one fear after another as Friday’s surgery looms ever closer. What…
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How Will You Celebrate?
“If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things; if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action, when will we have the time to make the long, slow journey across the desert as did the Magi? Or sit and watch the stars…
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The Unthankful Heart…
…discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~Henry Ward Beecher So I continue on my quest to find the blessings in every day, in every hour. 228. Curling up by warm heaters on…
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What Do I Need?
(As you read this, please take the time to blow away the chaff of my scattered mind and find the grain of my heart.) Over the past few days I’ve had several people ask, “What do you need?” I’ve thought a lot about the answer to that question, and the practical, black and white, type-A…
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Yet Another Tedious Update
As you wait upon the Lord, you learn to see things from His perspective, move at His pace, and function under His directives. Waiting times are growing times and learning times. As you quiet your heart, you enter His peace; as you sense your weakness you receive His strength; as you lay down your will,…
A Spring of Joy 