The rule is when yucky stuff happens, you’re supposed to count your blessings. That’s a pretty good rule. So I start counting them about like this: 1. my family 2. my friends 3. my home 4. my health 5. my model-gorgeous looks 6. yada, yada, yada Yeah. You get the idea. Remembering my blessings does […]
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“He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God, Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the earth, Through sunshine after rain.” The words of a poet-shepherd-king from David’s last song, 2 Samuel 23:3b,4.
Luke will immediately recognize the motivation for this entry, and so will anyone else who read his live journal entry from last night. After reading it and posting my thoughts, I continued thinking about our propensity as humans to be discontent with our circumstances. In summer, we’re too hot, and we long for cold winter
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I know I do. It’s here somewhere . . . probably under the piles of junk mail and catalogs. Or maybe stuffed in the back of my closet. I’ll just have to hunt it down. Yeah. So, Luke is gone. He’s a college guy, acting all collegy and everything. I’ve decided the best thing is
My brain is a mite bit foggy, so please don’t hold me accountable for whatever you find in this entry. (Unless it’s really good!) We pulled into our driveway around 2:30 AM this morning, having left Chicago yesterday morning. We didn’t get a super-early start, because we thought we’d take two days to come home.
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The music and the pulsing of the throng Were pounding in my head a steady beat. I felt myself submitting to the song; I watched myself rise slowly to my feet. But then across the room I caught His eye. I blushed and quickly dodged the piercing glance! Yet, all at once, it was just
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