Category: The Bookshelf
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Rest
“If you want rest come to Christ in Gethsemane, to Christ on Calvary, to Christ risen, to Christ ascended. If you want rest, O weary souls, ye can find it nowhere until ye come and lay your burdens down at His dear pierced feet, and find life in looking alone to Him.” – Charles Spurgeon…
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Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water…
(BEWARE: Tedious health update ahead) There’s no pretty way to write this post, so I’m just going to lay out the facts of where we are now with everything with me… prepare to be bored, or just skip this post if you like. But if you skip it, please still pray for us. There’s lots…
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Not Done Yet
“Are you done now?” This is the question that is thrust at me almost every time I am out and about. A question I’m never quite sure how to answer, because I don’t want to just mercilessly throw back what’s on the tip of my tongue. “I’m never going to be done.” Even if I…
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It’s Autumn!
As Winnie-The-Pooh would say… “Time for hot chocolatey mornings, toasty marshmallow evenings, and best of all for leaping in leaves!” Happy Fall everyone!
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Greeted By Miracles
“Oh give thanks to the unfathomable… whose miracles greet us every morning.” (from Stephen Mitchell’s Book of Psalms) The exuberance of my Buddy, the imagination of my Bear, the spirit of my Bella… gifts of joy from His hands. Autumn’s chill and the fragrance of wood-smoke. Playing chase and capturing laughs. Bible study girls! Trying…
A Spring of Joy 