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Every Good Gift

At Christmas, we sit around the tree with a sense of expectation. Our hope is that we receive the gifts that we truly want and that someone else gets the socks, underwear, and ties that we don’t really care about. We are blessed when someone gives us something that meets a specific desire, especially ifContinue reading “Every Good Gift”

Trusting Vain Things

I have spent a lot of time with baseball players. It is amazing the routines that they use because they believe these things bring them luck. It could be socks that they wore when their hitting streak began and now they refuse to wear any other socks, or even to wash the trusted socks. ItContinue reading “Trusting Vain Things”

More To Think About

I often have the thought that I am missing something. During a conversation, I may not hear every word due to my hearing loss. But even without the loss, I have a feeling that I am not really understanding everything. I have the same feeling that I am missing something when I watch something onContinue reading “More To Think About”

Transformed

I have moved several times in my lifetime. It seems that we can always find a new home and different people. It generally takes a while to become acclimated, but sooner or later the new place feels right. However, for the follower of Jesus Christ, we will not be at our true home until weContinue reading “Transformed”

No More Pain

As I get older, I find that I have different kinds of pain. There are the pains of aging that I must choose to accept and mitigate as best possible. I also have sudden pains that cause me to go to a doctor and see what can be done to gain relief. Then, I haveContinue reading “No More Pain”