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After reading a while I switched off the light and looked out the window at the dark sky. The moon was a sliver against the blackness and only two stars shone down from a featureless map. Nothing else, just a fraction of moon and two stars. I closed my eyes wishing I...
"Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to...
While walking on the coast guard pier in Monterey, CA, yesterday my eyes were drawn to the beautiful starfish in the water. They gracefully lay draped upon the rocks in the Monterey Bay. Their color was a vivid orange- just vibrant, and appearing so full of life. The...
It was summer. That season I always anticipate with great joy and excitement. That season where things warm up and dry up. That season where I don't have to worry about weather concerns when planning my beloved outdoor activities. The season where I have the time to...
For more than half of my life, I have lived where water must be conserved. For many years it was a life and death issue because if the well ran dry, there was simply no alternative. Now, of course, you can buy drinking water from a shop but where I live, water is...
"And the Lord said to Moses: 'You are going to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them … And I will certainly hide my face...
It was unspoken good manners among country people to leave your front door key under the mat. If you were away for a day or a week or a year and your neighbour, or a passing stranger, needed anything from your home, the key was there. Only bad-mannered people would...
Many people in the Western world now use GPSs for navigational purposes. It is really a fantastic tool. You set the address or coordinates into the tiny computer, and it tells you what road to take, how many miles or kilometres it is, and even how long it will take...
"Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible." (I Cor 9:24-25...
"You are precious and honored in my sight, and... I love you." (Isaiah 43:4) She was waiting for her mom there in the drugstore, standing near the cash register with her eyes glued to the candy shelves. She was maybe 5 or 6. For that little girl, paradise was just a...
"Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand." (Isa 64:8 NIV) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Cor 5:17-18 NIV) One of the questions the continually...
I gave blood again the other day. It was such a delightful experience. I arrived early to beat the crowds but found that several other early birds had gotten there even before me. We all smiled about it and waited patiently while the Red Cross finished setting up the...
"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight,...