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It would be just like him

The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.

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Practicing Our Scales

Imagine if our walk with Christ, representing his kingdom in the world, were as practiced and pure as Hania Rani’s fingers on the piano keys.

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Rescue

I practice the spiritual discipline of rescuing earthworms on paved surfaces. It's a reminder to me that I can pause what I'm doing, get a little dirty, and help. Also, that I've been given the responsibility to care.

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Your Roots Are Showing

The life that I bring to the world can only be found in my attachment to Christ. His presence with me is essential.

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Connection

I live in a U.S. county with traffic problems. It's a peninsula, and what's not swamp land has been developed. Building new roads is difficult and expensive. Making things worse, roads that could connect don't.

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Stiff-Necked and Unbowed

Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame. ⏤ Isa. 50:7

Trust must be tested. Our first parents were tested in Eden⏤before the Fall. A test that precipitated the Fall. Being stubborn can be a good thing. The question is, who gets our allegiance? We set our faces like flint and resist every authority, principality, power, and system that opposes our God of love. God wants our trust, above all.

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Cure Rate

How long should it take to recover from harm, injury, or some other hurt? As long as necessary. Patience with ourselves and patience with others. The aphorism "Time heals all wounds" is a little too pithy and trite. Time does bring perspective to wounds. However, appropriate treatment and care are also necessary. There are no formulas. Natural, supernatural, and relational processes work at their own pace.

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Clouds on the Horizon

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. — Matt. 6:34

Standing on the beach, looking inland. It's sunny here, but in the distance, we see dark clouds and lightning. Do we run to the car or stay? Today, we stay, and the storm never arrives. In life, many storms could strike. I can easily imagine they will. Lots never do, and all the worry is wasted.

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