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Closer Than a Brother

The Lord Is Patient

I have noticed that I am more likely to extend a kindness to another person when I have recently received kindness or I have received kindness from the same person to whom I am extending kindness. I am appalled that I am so selfish and unkind. Matthew 18:26 says, “So the servant fell on hisContinue reading “The Lord Is Patient”

Love Is Patient

Fear Limits Power

Have you ever been faced with trying something new but you let your fears keep you from doing it? When we do that, we limit what we can do and what can be done through us. Exodus 9:16 says, “But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so thatContinue reading “Fear Limits Power”

God Demonstrates Power

In Step

Sometimes when we walk together, I find myself walking ahead of my wife. Due to some ailments, she just doesn’t walk as fast as I am comfortable walking. So I try to slow down to keep in step with her. Have you ever been out walking or jogging and come across a jogger with aContinue reading “In Step”

Another Helper

Truly Living

I retired nine years ago, so I am reaping the rewards and consequences of how I lived these seventy plus years. Looking back, some things bring tears of joy and satisfaction, like raising a wonderful family of three children and six grandchildren. But it is also the good things that God allowed me to doContinue reading “Truly Living”

Generous Living

Don’t Go Back

I have lived many different places in my lifetime. Generally, I have not gone back to see the places that I have lived. It is somehow disappointing to see your old stomping grounds as the reality of the current conditions does not match in your mind, the memory and the romance of that place. ThingsContinue reading “Don’t Go Back”