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Living Water
“On the last day of the festival Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.’” (John7:37) When Jesus spoke these words, he had already told a Samaritan…
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Cattle On A Hill
There is a narrow point, extending into Possum Kingdom Lake, from an uninhabited peninsula. The point of land grows as a drought causes the lake to recede. Standing on our deck one day, as I looked toward the point, I saw a cow standing near the water, and another cow further back near the line…
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Remember The Donkey
Among the many Greek myths surrounding Poseidon, the god of the sea, and the brother of Zeus, is the story that Poseidon was the creator of the giraffe, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, the donkey, and several other animals that he rejected, in his effort to create his masterpiece, the horse. The wonderful, useful qualities of the horse…
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A Braided Rope
Down the street from the courthouse in Goldthwaite, Texas, there is a small museum containing a good variety of things, mostly related to either the adjacent jail or the courthouse. Both buildings are worth visiting for the history they contain, and for the artifacts. The most curious artifact I found, and the one to which…
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A Changed Man
“I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the course and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of the grace of God.” (acts 20:24) The writer of these words was Paul, some times called “the great Apostle” of Jesus. Few…
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God’s Signature
One afternoon when Jack and I were on a beach in Florida, we noticed some tracks in the sand that we thought were motorcycle tracks, and we began to follow them until Jack said, “Look up.” When I did, we both stopped and stared at a large leather-back sea turtle making the tracks toward the…
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Just In Case
Driving in Texas with a British friend, Richard, I stopped at an intersection, and he looked at me and said, “Why did you stop?” I answered, “There’s a stop sign.” “But, there are no other cars coming from either direction,” he answered. “Oh! You stop just in case, don’t you?” “Yes”, I said, “ just…
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Onyx
Onyx is the name of a “teacup” poodle puppy who just moved in next door. He is all black and probably does fit inside a tea cup. He’s a sensation with neighbors, and my daughter and granddaughter. They have viced a willingness to part wit their three cats, on gerbil, one hermit crab and a…
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God Talks
To what part of us does God actually talk? Every part is His creation and so it must be that all of who we are is available to Him to communicate with us. St. Paul, though, separates the parts, and claims that each part is distinct: “Just as the body, though one, has many parts,…
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Salt Is Good
Mrs. Hanover, my violin teacher, was very popular, had taught for many years, with a waiting list for students, and had many students who had gone on to music careers. I was one of her few adult students. One day she met me at the door , upset and fuming. She had just received a…
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