Tag: Peace
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Come On Up To the House
“Comfort my people,” says our God. “Comfort Them!” Isaiah 40:1 (GNT) In my rural community, I used to haul hay as a teenager. It was hard, hot work loading bale after heavy bale onto a truck and then stacking it in an equally stifling barn. On such days it was always a relief to see…
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The Prince of Peace in Our Time
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa The blogger, poojaG, has a weekly feature on, lifesfinewhine, called Six Word Story. Awhile back, her weekly entry read: “It just keeps on getting crazier.” PoojaG didn’t speculate about the cause of the craziness, but my…
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God’s Psychiatry
The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 39:18 (NIV In 2007, after a second bout with cancer, my dad died. I realize this isn’t the most engaging starting sentence, but please stay with me. A few months after dad passed, my wife and I were visiting…
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The Daunting Power to Choose
By faith Moses, when he had grown up refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time Hebrews 11:24-25 The Biblical story of Moses, the reluctant emancipator of the Israelites, is a…
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Peace by Piece
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Romans 14:19 (NIV) During WWII, Matsuko and her family were among the many Japanese Americans forcibly interred in camps. For three years she longed to return to the farm near Salinas, CA where her husband Hayato’s family had grown…
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Promises, Promises
People regularly make and break promises. God does not.
