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Inside: the unseen
Not long ago my lips were starting to get chapped. I could feel a ‘split’ right down the center of my lip starting to form. Strangely though, I could really only feel the split. There was not much visible evidence on the outside of my lip, but wow, it sure was tender! After a few…
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Pieces of a Broken Heart
It was 5:30 am when the wheels of the airplane touched down. The sky was still full of the night darkness and a crisp in the air lingered from the remains of the fallen sunset just hours before. That red-eye flight home left our mood and atmosphere feeling heavy – real heavy. For the first…
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Be Still in Change
Life is spinning at out of control speeds and it leaves me feeling overwhelmed and brokenhearted. There is this rapid motion of separation from Truth. My heart aches for the destruction and adversity that are on the rise while my mind knows where the real hope lies. I spent some time in nature yesterday. A time…
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Pain Mixed With Beauty
8:45 am was the pick-up time. A short commute from home and I was pulling into to my friends driveway. But, after ten minutes she wasn’t walking out the door to hop into my SUV. It’s wasn’t like her to be late. Did I somehow mix up our planned time? I sent a quick text saying “I’m…
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The Light
This morning I received a gift. With the morning light not yet visible, I lie awake in the still of the night darkness. My strong one had just left for work and so I started my day like all others. I closed my eyes and began talking to God. After a few minutes, something caused me…
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God Has Me
There’s a slogan attached to a world-wide convenience store that says “Oh Thank Heaven for 7-11”. Today is July 11 – the ole’ rhyming 7-11. The day millions will flock to the 7-11 store to get their free Slurpee. The day millions will smile as they repeat the words of this slogan “Oh Thank Heaven…
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See ME
There’s a commercial circulating around right now – an advertisement promoting a ‘new drug’ to aid in relief from Psoraisis. During the commercial different people appear one at a time, and all they say is …”See Me”. A sadness can be felt as each one of them speaks – a feeling that they are not being seen … only their…
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With This Hope
One recent Sunday morning we were in this mental battle of “should we stay home or go to church?” We had just rolled off of a busy week and it was tempting to stay home. “Boy, we sure could use a down morning to catch our breath” was the tone of our conversation. But, a…
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What A Wonderful World
Driving along a stretch of highway in Marbella Spain you can look to one side of the highway and see mountains. Endless appearing rock-like mountains with deep crevices fill the skyline and mesmerize you with their beauty. When you look to the other side of the highway you can see the Mediterranean Sea. The water…
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My Mountain
There are some mountains in life that can’t be climbed. Instead, we cry out to God pleading with Him to move the mountain. Desperately needing Him to make a way. I have lived this desperate plea and with a mountain that God didn’t move. Or, at least move the way I hoped and prayed He…