Babies…Life…Hope

“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.
“Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn baby. The finest of our precision watches, the most super-colossal of our supercargo planes don’t compare with a newborn baby in the number and ingenuity of coils and springs, [...]

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Summer Revisited

September, autumn, cooler temps, falling leaves, pumpkin spice latte…my favourite season of the year.
Before getting too far into a new season, however, I wish to thank the Lord for a blessed summer mixed filled with love, care, fun,  joy and tears, babies and much more. Since a picture paints a thousand words, these should say it all:: 
 

 
 

 
 
 

And these are only a [...]

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Love Poem

“We love Him, because He first loved us.”  I John 4:19

I love Thee, Lord, but with no love of mine,
For I have none to give:
I love Thee, Lord, but all the love is Thine,
For by Thy love I live.
I am as nothing, and rejoice to be,
Emptied, and lost, and swallowed up in Thee.

from Spurgeon’s devotional, [...]

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Who is My Neighbor? – 4

“And Jesus was going about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.”  Matthew 4:23
“..and He went about doing good.” Acts 10:38
Jesus said, “Follow Me.”  What does this look like?  The verses above give us a start.  And [...]

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Who is My Neighbor? – 2

“For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”  Galatians 5:13
I found a booklet in our little library from 1976, entitled “Who is My Neighbor,” [1] in which John R. Stott discusses the example Jesus gave of love, and specifically, the who, [...]

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Heroism of Love

“Love your neighbor.” 
A challenge to heroic love:
“Love your neighbor.  Perhaps he rolls in riches, and you are poor, living in your little cottage side by side with his lordly mansion.  Every day you see his estates, his fine linen, and sumptuous banquets.  God has given him these gifts. Do not covet his wealth, and think [...]

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First Love

“My heart is turned over with me, all my compassions are kindled!”
Who expressed such deep love, whose emotions ran so deep, whose lifelong passion and affections were so strongly felt and shared with such longing, only to be disdained and rejected, year after year, breaking his very heart?
God.
God loves and He first loved.  The love He expresses above, [...]

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Grace in Marriage

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Two become One
The unity candle in a marriage ceremony signifies two families, two individuals joining as one — for a lifetime.  The importance of this union is often overlooked during the ceremony, but the reality remains beyond the wedding and honeymoon.  No longer I, but we. 
On Monday’s (Feb 2nd) Focus on the Family radio broadcast, Dr. Gary Smalley discussed with [...]

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What is God’s Will?

“Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  We pray this often, whether from the heart, or just repeating “The Lord’s Prayer.”   What is God’s Will?   Here’s just a start on God’s will as revealed in His Word:
    
                       God’s will is to…
Be kind                                      Show mercy
Be tender-hearted                     Forgive one another
Encourage one another today   [...]

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Amazing Grace, The Cross of Christ

Amazing Grace, sung by Chris Tomlin
“For God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”  Romans 5:8
Amazing Grace!  Amazing love!  Gift of God for us!  This message needs to ring out more and more in our lives.  God’s amazing love, the grace and forgiveness [...]

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