Space Available

movers unloading boxes at a residence

Growing families often move residences one or more times to find the additional space they require.  A larger house generally means more bedrooms and baths, more storage, and more kitchen cabinets. There is something very gratifying about moving from cramped conditions into what feels so much more spacious.  But the…

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Carried By the Wind

Almost every child I know has had the joyous experience of blowing on a white dandelion to watch its fairy-like seeds release and float about.  When more children join the fun, the air becomes thick with summer’s version of snow that doesn’t melt, as the fairy wings get picked up…

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The Program Running in the Background

“My soul finds rest in God alone;My salvation comes from Him.He alone is my rock and my salvation;He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.”   Psalm 62:1-2 The words of David in this Psalm bring comfort and strength, a declaration to himself and others of the role of…

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Instruments in the Hands of God

composite image of jerusalem and the tower of david

The sea looked and fled,    the Jordan turned back;4 the mountains leaped like rams,    the hills like lambs.5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?    Why, Jordan, did you turn back?6 Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,    you hills, like lambs?7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,    at the presence of the God of Jacob. To most, these…

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Problems with the Messenger

skeptical young asian man

“Don’t kill the messenger!”  That saying likely came from the account of David putting to death the messenger who assisted in King Saul’s demise, then brought the “good” news to David that he could now become King of Israel. While that messenger was not from God, the Lord used many…

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