“Lord, I need You.” Four words. So true. Hugely significant. God gently inspired this prayer during dawn’s creeping hours. While I’ve prayed it before, somehow the meaning impacted me more profoundly today. As I sleeplessly tossed and turned, praying, “Lord, I trust You,” additional words suddenly formed another prayer: “Lord, I need You.” Oh, how […]
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Forgotten. But Not…
It lay dead–a scarlet red cardinal tragically, permanently positioned on its side. Seeing its lifeless body sorrowed me and cast gloom over my garden, which otherwise delights me. I kept meaning to gently move this once-lovely bird’s body into the woods. But viewing it only from a certain vantage point in my office, I forgot. […]
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The Price
“For you have been bought with a price … You were bought with a price …” 1 Cor. 6:20 & 7:23 Diligently, sacrificially, lovingly he worked. Under the sweltering sun in humid heat, he landscaped long hours to earn money for a diamond ring. For me. Though years have passed, this memory has grown sweeter. Picturing […]
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Dear John
“And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind …” – Colossians 1:21 Observantly he sat. Silently. He wore a heavy cardigan. In June. Walking past this elderly gentleman, I sensed the Holy Spirit’s nudging to speak. Kneeling down, I initiated conversation. And we were off. One sentence led to another, and eventually God […]
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Coming and Going
“Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God, and was going back to God, rose from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself about.” – John 13:3-4, NASB I became interested in boys at nine years of […]
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Broken Places, Brilliant Beauty
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” – John 1:4 Long ago in the days before cell phones, my sister and I sat on the roadside in a broken down car. It was dark. I felt scared. And I’m pretty sure we prayed. Somehow the car re-started, so we gratefully […]
