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Can You Claim it?
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in...
drops of red
between the eyes they put the red a dot millions of dots centered on millions of heads a drop a billion drops spilled for a billion heads by One who came as blood-dripping vine supplying life to grafted branches whose vein still bleeds, pulses, offers drops of life...
Forgiven and Walking
I heard it somewhere, sometime ago--- a statement about God's love and judgment... and that when talking of God's love, to make sure to mention judgment, too. But, it isn't necessarily that a person is ignoring all other parts of God's character or dismissing God's...
Tender
chords float in the wind fill my soul the notes drown empty spaces soak like nothing else a dry, withering, empty, cracked ground needs water, a replenishing, a pouring to sprout shoots, seedlings, full with the promise of fruit, replete with the hope and desire of a...
Smaller than a Millimeter
Yesterday I sat beside him with a ruler and showed him how small a millimeter is, and how many of them it takes to make a centimeter, and I thought about how quickly the numbers get big when the distance is so small, that 10 centimeters equals 100 millimeters... and...
Story of an Illness and #592-#612
He woke up with a high fever. He became ill quickly. He had no appetite. He threw up a couple of times. And when he complained of dizziness and severe chest pain when breathing, I knew something was wrong. It was Saturday, just over a week ago, Jan. 14, when he woke...
Observations by an Oreo Cookie
In India, this is the view from the front of the house I was staying in-- near a large city called Vijayawada, near the coast of the Bay of Bengal: Back in the midwest, the view is a plain snowy landscape; roads, lawns, roofs are covered in white dust. It looks barren...
A Spacious Place in a Crowded Space
Twice in the past few days I came across this verse about the Lord setting “my feet in a spacious place”. For several reasons this verse is relevant to me right now. First, I’ve heard a number of different conversations in this country I’m visiting (India), and there...
Driving in India
Driving in India isn't for the faint-hearted. I will explain. Imagine a 3 lane road. There should be 3 lanes of traffic, right? Each vehicle in single file, right? Not in India. If there is a 3 lane road, you might really see 5 or 6 lanes of traffic. Here's how it is....
Journal from India
I'm experiencing it-- a phenomenon that writers sometimes have. Writer's block. Maybe it's the change of place. Or maybe it's still the jetlag--it's almost a 12 hour time difference between home and here. I am, after all, over 8,000 miles from home (the calculated...
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