Author: Heidi Viars
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Small Deeds
(My son posted this yesterday on his Facebook after he received something at work. It strikes me how easy it is to make someone’s day a little brighter, especially this time of year. It has been an encouragement for me to seek for opportunities of small acts of kindness. We…
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Choosing to Remember
Tomorrow, we are going to get the tree. We are going to do what we have done for years as a family, walk all over the tree farm and spy out the perfect one. We may fuss a little and bicker a while before my husband will put the ax…
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The Cloth
In plain white cloth of earthen yarn They wrapped Him after He was born. A wooden manger held Him here, God’s precious Son, the Kingdom’s heir. A Friend of Man and Heart of God, There in this earth’s brown, filthy sod, He lay and let this world behold The plan…
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The Key
27 years ago this Christmas, my husband and I boarded a Pan Am flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Detroit, only 5 days after Flight 103 exploded on the same route over Lockerbie, Scotland. We just married that summer and were much more adventurous than wise. I was leaving my home…
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The Joy of the Lord
The Joy of the Lord resounds in my heart, When I think of His love-filled deed, On the cross, when He tore my sins far from me – On the day He tore the curtain apart. The Joy of the Lord makes my soul rest in peace, When I give…
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Obstacles
While walking through the woods this morning, worries were weighing me down. I prayed and ask the Lord for wisdom. It was then that I came upon a tree that was blocking a bridge I was about to cross. It must have fallen in the night. It was too heavy…
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Thrown Out!
(Just did some house cleaning … sure feels good!) I finally did throw you out! You cheat and lie when I’m about. You let me step all over you. I’m done with you! With you I’m through! You wobble back and forth all day. Why am I looking down your…
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Forever
“Forever is a long time!”, someone said to me today as we were contemplating the meaning of a forever family. I am reminded that forever is indeed a long time, when I think not just about our time on earth but also eternity. Forever is a long time. It means…
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Dancing In The Presence Of Pain
Today, my friend shared something with me she saw on her way home from church. The picture still vividly sticks in my mind. She was passing a park. The leaves were brightly yellow, orange, and golden. A little girl in a pink tutu was playing in the sunshine and running…
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I wrote this some time ago. Maybe someone else needs reminding besides me (Based on a true story) Today, I washed windows. I scrubbed and I cleaned. But the harder I tried The messier it seemed. I questioned and marveled Why spots kept appearing Why dirt didn’t move and And…
Heidi Viars 