Jan
13
I’m reopening a blog post draft that I began almost six months ago, which wouldn’t be so bad if the first post hadn’t been about transmission trouble. I’m no mechanic, but I know more about a failing transmission now than before I began this post—either time. And I know that the loss of a transmission …
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Dec
09
Have you ever wanted to say, “Yes, Lord, but….” I have. Just recently, actually. I was faced with a difficulty with which I had no choice but to trust the Lord. I couldn’t control, change, or manipulate it if I wanted to. (And, frankly, I wanted to!) When my fate of no control was confirmed, …
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Dec
08
…marks 171 years since David Livingstone first sailed for Africa. I recently had the opportunity to read another biography about Livingstone this summer. I was especially impressed as I learned that, in the minds of many, he didn’t have much “missionary promise” when he sailed for Africa. He wasn’t a bombastic preacher, and he didn’t …
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Nov
23
Think of the sounds that may emerge from an accordion when a non-musically-inclined beginner is working at it. Now, listen to it wail out the song “Count Your Blessings”—gasping in an off tempo that is struggling to keep in sync with people singing along. You have just listened to my one-evening debut with the accordion. …
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Nov
15
You can’t get much plainer than Philippians 4:4: “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” But do we? Do we just punctuate our conversations with “praise the Lord”? Or do we really praise Him? In Christ, we find unlimited reasons to rejoice. Should we look to find joy in our circumstances, we …
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Nov
04
“So, how will you use that today?” That’s it—the pesky question. And a dear, godly lady asked it to me twice this week. All I was doing was telling her about some advice I had been given and something I was learning. It was sort of a big, vague, wonderful, and sure-to-be-helpful-in-the-future truth. And then …
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Oct
29
What would change in your life if you really believed Romans 8:28? A friend recently gave me The Promise: God Works All Things Together for Your Good by Robert J. Morgan. I was surprised that someone could write a full-length book (210 pages) about one verse of Scripture, and I expected that it might be …
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Sep
20
…is sometimes, believe it or not, rest. Yes, it’s that simple. Rest works wonders. It rejuvenates. It renews. It refreshes. It reenergizes. Sometimes when we are edgy and depleted, when we feel that we have no more to give, all we need is rest. Perhaps we need the rest of sleep. Perhaps we need the …
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Sep
09
Tonight I tackled the project I’ve been putting off for weeks: “file all papers in box.” It’s not that I don’t know how to file. I’ve known how to do it since my mother taught me alphabetical sorting when I was six. It’s not that I haven’t had time to file. I’ve made time for …
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Aug
23
I’m too young to fully appreciate the fact that we’ll never grow old in Heaven, but high on my list of “will never do in Heaven” is moving! And high on my list of dislikes is packing and unpacking. Since the time I was two, our family has moved exactly two and a half times. …
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