Regarding Doing What’s Right . . .
Lord please grant that more of my life be driven by an overwhelming sense of joyful “want to” and not by a weighty sense of forced “ought to”.
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Misc.
Deflated Santas
I went for a walk down my street this morning. It’s January 1st, the first day of the year. Christmas and the New Years Eve parties are over, so all the Christmas lights were off. Some of the yard decorations were knocked over. Decorations had fallen off the trees. And those big blow-up Santa’s were
Misc.
Building Material
Marshall and I met for lunch last Thursday. It was the normal meeting, at the same place, at the usual time. But as I stepped up to the counter to order my food, I noticed something a little unusual. The guy next to me was evidently ordering for several of his coworkers. He had a
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Blinded by Our Lights
The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. -Psalm 19:1. Want to hear a word from God? Turn off your own porch light and look up.
Poetry
Adultery
In wild pursuit of a skirt, he left his beloved for a temporary Venus. But when the cash for goods exchange was through, the rosy lens faded, briefly removing the cloak from his eye and revealing what had become the cruel prison of his desire. Words from The Sunday Whirl : pursuit, prison, lens, wild, cruel, Venus,
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The Christmas Budget
December is here. The stress level is high. It seems odd that for this one month out of the year, people feel obligated to be givers. Perhaps that’s why it’s so stressful. Most of us are not used to it. Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not
Poetry
Not A Thanksgiving Haiku
Thankfulness is gone Black Friday is Black Thursday Always wanting more
Stories
Mind Control
Typically, the neurons in his brain would fire with no regard for reality. He had begun to replace choices with habits from the time he was born, gathering thought patterns that had worked to define him. Now, locked in a cycle of suffering, he needed a way of undoing what had been done. But what
Misc.
Release the Clutch
My typical drive to work involves a left turn from a neighborhood side street unto a busy, two lane highway. Several factors make this a bit of a challenge. There is a hill on the left, which prevents me from seeing very far down the road. There are trees on the right, which require me
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Living in a Fish Tank
Most of my life, I have had pet fish. They are not typically affectionate pets. You can’t get them to fetch a ball or come when you whistle. You can’t teach them to roll over and play dead. (Although the really expensive ones are pretty good at doing it for real.) I did have one