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Remember Apr 9, 2021 It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.~Chuck Palahniuk While they were eating, He took some bread,…
Is This Worth It? May 27, 2018 There are four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is same. Only love.…
Winding Down without Giving Up May 7, 2018 A bridge can still be built, while the bitter waters are flowing beneath. ~Anthony Liccione I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead,…
Treasure in The Junk of Our Lives Feb 21, 2018 When I saw my name on Nancy’s reply and realized I hadn’t received it, I found it in my Junk file. There is a message from God here – you have to continually search your junk…
Encouragement: The Refilling of The Heart Jan 10, 2018 The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make brand-new creation. Not to make people with…
Acceptance: Forget Trying to Be Liked Mar 20, 2017 Nothing is more opposed to God than pride, for self-deification is concealed in it, its own nothingness or sin. Thus more than anything humility is acceptable to God, which considers itself nothing, and attributes all goodness,…
Fortitudo! Jan 14, 2017 Often the test of courage is not to die but to live! ~ Vittorio Alfieri Courage is a heart full… strengthened and made supple by Him. ~ Makala Barnabas Doulos There shall come forth a Shoot…
Courage to Finish Life Well Nov 28, 2016 Have plenty of courage. God is stronger than the devil. We are on the winning side. ~John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered…
Needing Encouragement: Getting It by Losing Something May 10, 2016 But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, “Courage, dear heart,” and the voice, she felt sure, was Aslan’s, and with the voice a delicious smell breathed…
Affirmation: A Warrior’s Fuel Mar 19, 2016 FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race: Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet’s pace; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than…
Benny, The Western Wall, And The Promises of G_d Jan 4, 2016 God is the great reality. His resources are available and endless. His promises are real and glorious, beyond our wildest dreams.~J. B. Phillips (1906-1982) As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord…
Three Words to Live by: “I Got You” Dec 10, 2015 Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.~Brennan Manning This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.…
Heart Ripped Out Thankful Dec 24, 2014 Poverty is the load of some, and. wealth is the load of others, perhaps the greater load of the two. Bear the load of your neighbor’s poverty, and let him bear with you the load of…
Always Time to Pray Nov 12, 2013 The potency of prayer has subdued the strength of fire; it has bridled the rage of lions,; hushed anarchy to rest,; extinguished wars; appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates…