Tag: love
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Birth
The question he asked was, “Why don’t we know Jesus better?” I swear I heard, “Why are you even here?” Why don’t we know Jesus better? The flight to Israel from Germany was a nice 5-hour ride over mountains, waters, and lands I couldn’t name. Millions of people speaking in tongues not heard much in…
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Time Escapes
Breath in slowly drinking the seconds as they pass. Breath out even slower releasing those hurts that built up. Grace.
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The Breath of God
I watched my uncle’s life escape his body. I watched as his daughter cried and his sisters sighed at the loss of someone they love deeply. His last breath came and went to the aether. His heart stilled like all the relationships with his children, his sisters, his friends. The pallor colour took over his…
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Ornaments, those odd orbs permeating life
Ornaments are temporal. Relationships are eternal. Decorations are material. Souls are immortal. Baubles are breakable. People are redeemable.
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We Are All Vulnerable
The virus is endemic and will infect all eventually. The vaccinated and unvaccinated alike will to varying degrees feel the impact. We are all vulnerable. As I am giving the details to my oldest son, it occurred to him what I was going through. “Mom, is this the first time you have had a parent…
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When the Plague Falls
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but…
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The Love of God
Our hospice dog passed away quietly on my husband’s lap a few days ago. And the emotions around his passing in particular have been wide, varied, complex. We are happy that he is not longer in pain and suffering. We no longer have to worry if he has eaten enough. We loved on him and…
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Of Dying Dogs and Broken Computers
The LORD of the Armies says this, “Make fair decisions. Show faithful love and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident alien, or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.”
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