Here is one more page from the book Sometimes Miracles Hide by Bruce Carroll (see meditations #39-41), another letter that Carroll received, this one with a different perspective on the song. Dear Bruce, Â Â Â I am writing this letter to express my grateful appreciation and to affirm how God has used your music in […]
Today’s meditation is again from the book “Sometimes Miracles Hide” by Bruce Carroll (see meditations #39 and #40).  It is another of the letters that Carroll received from someone with a handicapped child. Dear Bruce,    My life is in your song.  When I first became pregnant, I had no idea what the Lord
   Yesterday’s meditation (#39) was based on the song Sometimes Miracles Hide by Bruce Carroll.  In today’s meditation there are two letters that Carroll received from people who are living the story that the song describes, and who were touched by his words.  These, along many more such letters, are in a book Bruce
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   Bruce Carroll is a multiple Grammy and Dove Award-winning artist.  He is also the worship leader at his church.  In 1992 Carroll recorded the song “Sometimes Miracles Hide” which he had written with C. Aaron Wilburn.  The song tells the story of a pregnant couple who learn from tests that “things aren’t right.”
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By Martin Luther (1483-1546; married in 1525), recorded in Table Talk (#3508), from a conversation in 1536:    He who takes a wife is not idle, for marriage keeps him busy.  To remain content in celibacy confronts one with many temptations that are not trivial, as the experienced know.  On the other hand, the
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   In Luke 12:13-15 there is the story of man who believed that Jesus would be the right person to settle a family dispute.  “Teacher,” the man says, “tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”  The man is so sure he is right that he doesn’t even ask Jesus’ opinion.  He
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Pictured above:Â Scars of a whipped slave named Peter, photo taken at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. In his own words, “Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped, and he discharged the overseer.” The slave pictured here escaped from a plantation
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From Nightlight:A Devotional for Parents, by James and Shirley Dobson, Multnomah, 2002, pp. 214-215.    We do want to be effective parents. There is so much to teach our kids, and so little time.  But as we struggle and strain to bestow wisdom on the next generation, we might also pause to consider how
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   Today is a day to honor our mothers.  It used to be taken for granted that being a mother was in and of itself a worthwhile use of one’s time and a valuable contribution to society.  That belief is no longer held by many people.  Many women now work outside the home, and
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The following piece entitled The Little Way of Ruthie Leming was written by best-selling author Eric Metaxas for the May 7, 2013 Breakpoint message  http://www.breakpoint.org  — a ministry of Prison Fellowship.    As a journalist and cultural commentator, my friend Rod Dreher seemingly had it all.  In addition to his strong Christian faith, Rod
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