I Got Stoned
They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the city. The next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. Acts 14: 19a-20I recently had another minor health set back. On Monday I started having stomach pains and nausea again. I ended up in the ER (why do these things always happen in…
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The Sock Monkey
“So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.” Luke 14:33 I was a thumb sucker as a child. I think I was in first grade before I eventually gave it up. It very much was possibly my first addiction. I had two enablers for this first addiction 1) my blankie and 2) my sock monkey. When my mom discovered that my blankie…
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The Whole World
“For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?” Matthew 16:26 Friends is one of my favorite all-time shows. It ranks up there with MASH and The Andy Griffith Show as shows that I’ll stop channel surfing for. One of the great things about the show is the one liners. One of my favorites is…
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Sunday!
A Sabbath Poem (Cummings) -By E.E.Cummings i thank You God for most this amazingday:for the leaping greenly spirits of treesand a blue true dream of sky;and for everythingwich is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today,and this is the sun’s birthday;this is the birthday of life and love and wings:and of the gaygreat happening illimitably earth) how should tasting touching hearing seeingbreathing any-lifted from…
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H-U-M-B-L-E”
God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. 1 Peter 5:5b-6 Charlotte’s Web is one of my favorite stories. It was the first book I ever cried reading. It was also the first time I understood what the word “humble” meant. Of course at the time I thought that it had something…
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Surprise!!!!
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 1 Peter 12 I hate surprises. Not to the extent that I want to know what my Christmas presents are before I open them but I really don’t like it when someone calls me to say, “Hey I’ve got something for you. I’ll be dropping it…
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