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Waiting in Confidence

Posted in Devotionals, Hope, Patience, Perseverance, Religion, Waiting on God, tagged christian, Christianity, God, God's goodness, goodness, patience, psalms, waiting on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD, be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” — Psalm 27:13-14
What inspires confidence in David (the psalmist) to wait for the Lord? For one thing, his focus was not [...]

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A Demonstration of Forgiveness

Posted in Religion, tagged christian, Christianity, forgiveness, ghadafi, lockerbie, terrorism on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

CNN.com reported this story about Lisa Gibson, the sister of a victim of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, welcoming Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi to the United States during his visit this week. You read that right. Libya formally admitted responsibility for the bombing. Gibson lost her brother in the attack. Here she is welcoming the [...]

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Fly Away

Posted in Photography & Art, tagged bellagio, hotel, las vegas, photo, photography on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Taken at the Bellagio hotel.

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Devotionals Topical Index Up

Posted in Devotionals, Religion on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A topical index of devotionals posted on this blog is now available. Check it out!

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Unshakable King

Posted in Religion, Thoughts on God, tagged authority, Christ, christian, Christianity, devotional, Jesus, King, majesty on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Certain worship songs stir up in me a sense of the majesty of Christ. In moments when my mind’s eye is fixed on his majesty, here is what I see. Millions of angels worshiping around the throne of the Lamb. Christ robed in pure white, the train of his robe filling the temple. [...]

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Peace Personified

Posted in Devotionals, Peace, Perfection of God, Purpose, Religion, Restoration and reconciliation, tagged Christ, christian, Christianity, God, Jesus, peace, perfection, purpose, shalom, wholeness on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“And he will be called . . . Prince of Peace.” — Isaiah 9:6
“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility” — Ephesians 2:14
The Hebrew word for “peace” — shalom — has richer meaning than just tranquility or absence of [...]

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Out With the Bad, In With the Good

Posted in Devotionals, Godliness, Purity, Religion, Spiritual growth, Thought life, tagged "godly thoughts", "spiritual health", christian, Christianity, God, spirit, thought life, thoughts on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” — Philippians 4:8
A person’s physical well-being depends as much on what he cuts out of his diet as much what he puts in it. Avoiding fatty foods [...]

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Another Turtle Pic

Posted in Mundanities, tagged escape, humor, lolcat, slow, tortoise, turtle on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For some reason, my post called “A Little Slow” (the turtle marching band) has gotten an unusually high number of hits than others. Well, here’s another bit of humor in the same vein. Enjoy!

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