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The yield of His touch
Give loud Spiritual words of praise to the God who has redeemed us from hell! Go out from the world with glee, abandoning all in this fiery trial. Lovely is His face when through prayer we are moved to His Throne. And praise to the Lord who calls us as His own.
Familiarity Breeds Contempt
“Why, I remember you when you were just a boy. You couldn’t even tie your shoes. And you’re gonna give me a ticket for speeding? You ought to learn some respect for your elders son”! I don’t know where, but I’m sure that has been said thousands of times to thousands of men. And why … Continue reading
Strive to Remember: A Moment Continuum.
I have a scar on my wrist. It’s small now. But I remember how it came to be. What I don’t remember about it was the measure of surprise and pain at its arrival. I had hired on to catch chickens one night. They warned me about the claw on the rooster’s leg. And I … Continue reading
Hope!
In your struggle against that sin of addiction, you wake to understand. Though there was a time when you could not resist; that time “was”. Look at the guilt you own now. Notice how you realize that you have become free to choose. The addiction is gone, while habit remains. The Lord of life has … Continue reading
Depart? Nope.
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it”. The young child is where the foundation is laid. I’ve seen this put another way, “It’s easier to raise up a child toward righteousness than to repair an adult”. The inverse of the proverb, … Continue reading
