“The Spirit of man is the candle of the Lord…” (Proverbs 20:27). A candle brings light into dark places. It may be very small but in a black night, the brightness of one small candle is light indeed. Bible truth is light shining in a dark world. Now, a light reveals good and it also […]
Dec 19, 2013
Shake It Off–Move On
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The coach at the exercise class said something profound the other day. After each exercise, she would say, “Shake it out and move on.” So, her class of women would vibrate a little and move on to the next machine. With just a change of one word, that phrase of hers could become a life […]
Jul 1, 2013
The Umbrella Oak
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A large oak stands firmly anchored to the ground on land that once belonged to my parents. It is so tall and its limbs spread so wide that when a person stands under it during a shower, she is sheltered from much of the rain. Whether it’s wise to be standing there during a thunderstorm […]
May 22, 2013
Defying the Darkness
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It was a tiny, striped chipmunk, about one-third the size of D. C. the cat. D. C. had stalked her prey and the chipmunk had run until it had no place to go. Behind it was the corner of the yard with no escape route. I’m sure that small rodent’s heart was about to hammer […]
Apr 14, 2013
The Things We Can’t Hold in Our Hands
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Yesterday I sat with a group of people who, like me, love freedom and are concerned it may be slipping away. We were from a lot of different backgrounds and a wide age range but we had one thing in common: love of country and our Constitution. And I thought about freedom. What is it? […]
Mar 21, 2013
Spring, Where Did You Go
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“Oh March, is this the reason that you’re such a restless thing, You’re not at home with winter and you’re not at home with spring.” […]
