Remembering Rachel 3-31-14
~ ~ ~ For Ron and Mary, and for the family and close friends of dear Rachel S. whose sense of loss must dwarf my own. ~And for Rachel~ ~ ~ ~ The whole congregation prayed as one for a miracle – for...
View ArticleOne Man’s Story Illustrating The Meaning Of Ressurection Sunday – Easter –“I...
* * * * * * * * * * * It has been almost ten years since the guy in this story believed God for the first time. Seven years after “his” rescue, “he” was commissioned to write about that very...
View ArticleWhy?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * When disaster strikes, when tragic loss of lives occurs, why do we second guess ourselves after the fact? Why do we have to look back? Why do we say, “What if I had only...
View ArticleTears Are For The Living
* * * * * * * * * * * I have few tears for the dead, for their souls have flown away, each to its eternal land, to the god, or God they chose, or Who always held them in His...
View ArticleJoy-Flower
* * * * * * * * * * * As he entered the dimly lit room, Yao Lin-On carried the capsule he had made like it was a knife . “This will end my daughter’s suffering,” was...
View ArticleThrough The Eyes Of Love
Shortly after his baptism, the new believer looked at a quite dirty, quite unkempt beggar sitting on the curb holding a sign. For many decades he had judged harshly those whom he thought “beneath”...
View ArticleJoy-Flower
* * * * * * * * * * * As he entered the dimly lit room, Yao Lin-On carried the capsule he had made like it was a knife . “This will end my daughter’s suffering,” was...
View ArticleSeeking Grief Relief . . .
A Stream of Consciousness Outpouring . . . * * * * * * * @ _______ Today, I have a heavy heart. I have an aching heart. I have a broken heart. It is so heavy that it has sunk toward the bottom – away...
View ArticleThe Wheat and the Grape – Sacred Harvest
* * * Our Daily Bread said today that “our Savior hung between Heaven and earth to bear every sin of every generation on His shoulders.” He hung between Heaven and me . . . What pain it gives me...
View ArticleA Tribute To The Unforgettable Zina Nicole Lahr.
* * * * * * * * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zina Nicole Lahr I didn’t even know her And I only learned of her existence yesterday, I learned of her existence, and shortly thereafter I learned...
View ArticleContemplating Paradise
* * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * *Filed under: Belief in God, Christian Writing, Creation, God's Bounty, God's Grace, Heaven, Hope, Inspiration Tagged: #Paradise, #The beauty of this broken...
View ArticleTo A Discouraged Young Man
~ ~ ~ I would rather just give you a big bear hug and sit with you quietly, but these words will have to suffice. To...
View ArticleWho Am I ?
To know one’s identity is highly important. Just ask those with amnesia. Just ask anyone who doesn’t know, or is uncertain, or who is “trying to find himself, or herself”. This piece of knowledge is...
View ArticlePeace Like A River For My Soul
Asher B. Durand ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Peace is kind of like love. Everyone needs it. Most civilized people want it. Many seek it in one way or another. So do I. The quality of peace is not strain’d...
View ArticleThe Wheat and the Grape – Sacred Harvest
* * * Our Daily Bread said today that “our Savior hung between Heaven and earth to bear every sin of every generation on His shoulders.” He hung between Heaven and me . . . What pain it gives me...
View ArticleStraining To Reach Beauty
“We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words—to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to...
View ArticleImpenetrable Firewall
Who among us has not lost or forgotten a password? Many have also had their firewall broken through. Have you? Jesus is my living firewall. My fortress. He is impenetrable! When fiery darts of...
View ArticleAbout The Making of Joy-Flower
There came one of those shining moments when one of my writer friends commented: “Absolutely beautiful. How did you come up with this storyline?” My reply was this: I was only partially responsible for...
View ArticleThe Wheat and the Grape – A Sacred Harvest
* * * I read in Our Daily Bread today that “our Savior hung between Heaven and earth to bear every sin of every generation on His shoulders.” He hung between Heaven and me . . . What pain it gives...
View ArticleFading In
Today is Tuesday, 2-22-2022, and it is being called 2s day! I have to laugh! I have, unfortunately been absent from writing here on this, my beloved website, for most of nine months. Life things, world...
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