There are not many words in today’s meditation, but a terrific three minute video clip showing one of the wonders of God’s creation. This is from the BBC series Planet Earth (2006 and 2016). When narrator David Attenborough first saw this clip he thought it was a computer generated fake. Mere “survival of the fittest” […]
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By Will Campbell, Baptist minister, author, unconventional civil rights activist, and ‘pastor to bigots,’ (1924-2013); in Brother to a Dragonfly, 1978, pages 38-40. —————— Joe was the worker. I was the sickly one. Sister was just that– Sister. Paul was the baby. We lived that way and if those categories and designations and
1485) The Way Things Were Supposed to Be, I Suppose Read More »
Many people complain that life is just not fair. But actually, when you think about, that’s a good thing. The way to begin thinking about this is to ask ourselves what we had before God entered the picture; and of course, God entered the picture at the very beginning to
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From Randy Alcorn’s devotional 60 Days of Happiness (www.epm.org) —————————– “Wherever you go, there you are.” We bring ourselves to every situation, every encounter, and every relationship. The unhappy person who leaves North Dakota in search of happiness in California will find more sunshine and less snow, but not more happiness. The happy
1454) Castles in the Sand Read More »
(continued…) There is not much to be known about Cain, but you do know quite a bit about yourself, and so now apply this lesson to your own life. Do you think you would be qualified to make such a comparison between you and any other person on earth, no matter how well
1397) Paying Attention to What the Bible Doesn’t Say (b) Read More »
“LIFE IN THE WOMB (nine months in four minutes)” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7kaw40pPYw&feature=youtu.be&t=14s Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1gW88Lm-Y ******************************************* PSALM 139:1-6…13-18…23-24: 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
1387) This is Your Life (before you were born) Read More »
Paul and Kris DeForge (pictured above) were married in 1994. In 2019 celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They are not the couple in the story below. ———– From Your New Money Mindset, by Brad Hewitt and James Moline, 2015, Tyndale House Publishers. —————————– Contentment and peace can come by managing our expectations.
1369) Knowing What to Want Read More »
FROM A FUNERAL SERMON: When Ralph told me about his mother’s last few months, during which she knew she was dying, I thought of the Latin phrase “ars moriendi.” The phrase means ‘the art of dying,’ and it comes from some books by that name written in the 1400’s. These books offered Biblical
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The above quote describes the only hope for those who insist on focusing on the bad memories. ————————- “REMEMBER THE BEST AND FORGET THE REST” Adapted from Rick Warren’s November 13, 2016 devotional blog ‘Daily Hope’ at: www.pastorrick.com —————- What do you remember about people — the good experiences or the bad experiences?
By Joshua Rogers, November 6, 2016 blog at: http://www.joshuarogers.com ——————————— When I was little, our family hit hard times and we didn’t even have money for groceries. I was just five years old, so I wasn’t sure what was going on — all I knew was that the cabinets were empty.
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