Category: Ponderings
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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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Luring us In
I cheated. I admit. My smart-phone was a big help in luring them in. A quick internet search and after a few clicks, my phone was singing and calling the field sparrows I was hearing. After only a few minutes they were dancing on the path, wondering how this strange…
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Love Notes
I almost missed the little slip of paper, which had obviously been torn out of a notebook. It was small enough to escape one’s notice easily. There it sat on the floor. I picked it up and turned it around. Immediately my heart became overwhelmed with this familiar feeling of…
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The Beauty of the Cross
I headed out early into a cold morning. I found myself at the foot of an empty cross. I am overwhelmed by the Love of God, who allows me to look at an empty cross. My sins have been cancelled. That which stands in the way of my relationship with…
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World Changers
“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” (Apple) I want to encourage a young man who has set his goal in life to change the world. All I want to say to him is, “Go for it, dude!” He…
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Rewards of Discipline
Each morning, before heading out for a walk, I battle my unwilling flesh. My heart wants to seek God in His creation, yet I fight to stay comfortable in my own creations. I desire to be close to God, yet my Bible lays unopened on my coffee table. I long…
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Seek Peace
As I set off into the woods, my heart was overwhelmed with worries about my tomorrows. The partly frozen lake reflected the condition of my heart, Trying to expel the darkness and cold of a season past. I asked my Father to bring peace to my heart. “Help me know…
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The Struggle For Prayer
The well worn metal shovel felt heavy and the driveway seemed much longer and wider than usual. The snow was packed down and several inches thick. I breathed in the cold, early morning air, and felt a spring-like determination. The sun was up and the forecast promised temperatures in the…
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Solitude
In solitude and lonely hour, In friendless night and feeble power, In desperate fight and weakness stark, You’re in the midst of all my dark. In tears that cloud my eyes to see, In answers that eluded me, In helplessness and on my knees, You are the God who cares…
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Winter of the Soul
Cold covers the earth. She has seeped under every rock and crevasse and is trying her best to make her way through my front door and windows. She is staying, not budging nor moving on soon. She has blanketed the barren trees with her companion, the snow. Branches stretch like…
