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Music
“Pull in your elbow”, my violin teacher told me over and over again. I always obeyed, but I thought, “I don’t need to do that. I’ve seen violin players that held the instrument lots of different ways; this is just her style, but it might not be my style.” One day when I was practicing,…
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Oil Of Joy
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in amity! It is like precious oil poured on the head running.. . down on “Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe. It is as if the dew of Herman were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows His blessing,…
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The Gift
A few years after my father died, I had a dream in which he approached me as I stood out of doors, and spoke to me. “Your mother is doing everything right for Stephanie” (my daughter) he said, “but I want her to have some of my duds.” Then he held out his hand, and…
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Blessed Are The Meek
In the 1938 movie The Amazing Adventure of Ernest Bliss, Cary Grant portrayed a multi-millionaire bachelor who was told by his doctor that his discontent and unhappiness were due entirely to his arrogant, careless lifestyle and isolation from ordinary working people. The movie was filmed in England during the Great Depression, giving our generation a…
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Wild And Tame
At one time we lived near a ranch that bred and raised Arabian horses. They were magnificent animals, and often grazed in a field near the road that we usually traveled. One day, when I drove by the pasture, I had to slow down, as a graceful deer crossed the road in front of me,…
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The Queen OF Sheba
When the Queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon as well as the palace,. . . the food on his table, . . . his officials,. . . servants,. . . and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed. She said to the king, . . .…
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OOPS
OOPS The last blog, Steadfast Love contained a glip, an ad for some kind of chair. Neither Jack nor I can understand exactly how that happened, but I’ll be monitoring more closely from now on. Also, if you do not receive a blog on a Sunday or a Wednesday, please let me know. So far,…
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Steadfast Love
Why does God love us? Is it because we are made in His image? Is it because His son loves us and gave his life for us? Are there more reasons? One reason draws us closer to Him throughout our lives: of all the living things in all creation, human beings are the ones who…
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A Forgiveness Lifestyle
Whenever, as a child, I complained to my grandmother of some heinous crime that one of my sisters had committed, my grandmother would respond, “But she said she was sorry, and so we don’t speak of it again. It happened, and it is over with.” The message to me was that forgiveness is a lifestyle.…
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The Bundle Of Life
Our Father God is quick to forget our sins when we repent. As Corrie Ten Boom once wrote, “He buries our sins in the deepest part of the ocean; and then posts a sign that reads “No Fishing!” He forgets our sins many times in our lifetimes; but there are other things that God never…
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