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Tag Archives: Prayer
Gratitude
A loving heart is a grateful heart. I thank the Spirit that always hover over me For the many blessings I have received, most of which are undeserved and unmerited. For my family that has been the source and the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Life, Love
Tagged Gratitude, Prayer, Serendipity
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The Languages and Conversations in Our Lives
Halloween! Jonathan and Jane went Trick-or-Treating last night. And they were up very early this morning working on the toys they have traded their “loot” for with the Great Pumpkin. Leading up to the day itself, they had conversations with … Continue reading
Keeping the Devil Away With a Simple Life
The devil is a very wily adversary. After all, he has had millennia of experience tempting people versus my few years of fighting it. But his common ruse is to present something bad as good, true, or beautiful. Hardly anyone will … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Evil, Life, Presence, Relationships, Spirituality
Tagged Blessings, Choice, Prayer, Serendipity
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Beyond the Senses
One of the side effects of today’s scientific bias is a strong tendency to glorify the senses and what can be perceived by them. Often this leads to sheer pleasure seeking activities. There are eye candies to pleasure the sense … Continue reading
Pray and Work
It is often very discouraging to see how bad people seem to be so successful and the good ones seem to be forever stuck in failures or mediocrity. I become even more disheartened by how good people are long on … Continue reading
Heaven is for Real. And so is Evil.
Evil is real and it keeps on growing in the world today. I can see but do not understand the anger and hatred that drive ISIS extremists to such atrocities and violence. I am appalled and left utterly bewildered how … Continue reading
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Asking and Prayer
Prayer is often seen as asking something from God, usually a material favor like a new job, a bigger house, a better car, more wealth. Sometimes, we ask for something more intangible like health or happiness or peace of mind … Continue reading
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Three Movements in Prayer
I always pray in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And in there are the three movements in my every encounter with God. In the beginning, God said, “Let there be light” … Continue reading
Platitudes and Banality
I hate it when something bad happens to people, others would try to help out by offering words of comfort that are platitudes that smack of banality and even insincerity. And I find myself guilty of such quite often. A loved … Continue reading
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Tagged Grace, Growing Older, Prayer, Serendipity, Suffering
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An Abiding Presence
Everything in my life has the potential of revealing God to me. His presence is in every person, every event, every place. In anything I do, anything I have, anything I experience. From the smallest atom to the biggest star. If … Continue reading
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Tagged Poetry, Prayer, Serendipity
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