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Promises

22 Dec

For many years, I have collected simple, inexpensive Nativity scenes. As I recall, this one came from a fair trade store. The price I remember is $3.95. It is from Bangladesh. When closed, it looks like a book that snaps shut. It opens only to about 75 degrees, revealing layers of figures cut from ... View Post

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God Is Still in Charge, God's Love for You

Substitutes

4 Dec

Substitutes are fine for recipes. When we don't have any buttermilk, adding vinegar to milk works fine. However, substitutes will never do when it comes to what is truly important. Long ago angels proclaimed to shepherds: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among people with ... View Post

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What God Provides

1 Dec

The operating system on my computer shows a variety of pretty photographs when I wake it up each morning. Often there is a message with the picture. Yesterday the message was: "Nature provides us with some stunning color combos . . . " Then the message mentioned the beautiful colors of the Dalmatian ... View Post

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The Most Thankful One

27 Nov

On the day before Thanksgiving, some of our grandchildren went through my stash of Thanksgiving decorations and decorated our house. Then, the nine-year-old wanted to use my phone to take pictures. I love the dozens of pictures she took. She captured all of us in moments that I would never have ... View Post

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Psalm 100 for This Thanksgiving

23 Nov

Psalm 100 is the traditional psalm that people associate with Thanksgiving. A longtime blog reader and good friend emailed me yesterday, telling that their grown daughter who lives away from home is to spend Thanksgiving Day in quarantine because of recent exposure to COVID. I am sad for my friend, ... View Post

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Joy. Gentle. Near. Ask. Peace.

16 Nov

Last Tuesday we began resting in the comfort of Philippians 4. We have thought about: Joy repeated again and again, Being gentle the way we want others to be gentle with us, The promise that God is near, and God's invitation for us to ask Him and plead with Him for what we ... View Post

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