Rose

REGRET

Is there a human being alive who doesn’t have a few?   “If only I had made that call…paused to think before sharing that opinion…ignored the …

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A TEAR SOAKED PILLOW

Jesus wept. The shortest verse in the Bible. The psalmist gives a prophetic glimpse of His tears in Psalm 6. Have you ever felt like …

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DEAD OF WINTER

January is fading at last, this long cold winter that confronts us after the joy of Christmas, a hurdle to be conquered. Tomorrow we will …

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SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT

The disciples must have been beyond exhaustion. After helping Jesus feed thousands with a miraculous picnic on the shores of Galilee, they set out in …

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THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING

 Some 2800 years ago, long before the Pilgrims landed in America, a very nervous King Jehoshaphat found himself in the temple of the Lord, pleading …

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AWAKE WITH PSALM 63

Something woke me at 3 AM today, and I struggled to get back to sleep, as I sometimes do. Thoughts and concerns tumbled through my …

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THOSE BONES

Whatever on earth was God telling Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones?  Now here, in chapter 37, is a strange sight – dry lifeless …

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STAND, NEW JERUSALEM 

“I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.  And I heard a loud …

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SPOOKING IN PLACE

I just learned something new about horses from a friend who is an avid horsewoman. She told me that these beautiful animals are trained to …

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I WONDER AS I WANDER 

Maybe you have heard the beautiful old Appalachian carol, “I Wonder as I Wander”, rediscovered by John Jacob Niles in about 1932. It is said …

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