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Life is a journey

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We’ve all heard it said that life is a journey. And it’s true. But sometimes life’s challenges can cause you to lose hope and even to despair. In the book of Luke there were two men whose life challenges had caused them to lose hope. These men were Christ followers, but when Jesus died on the cross, they were stunned. And as they walked to Emmaus, their conversation revealed the depth of their pain. So, what was the matter? Their experience did not match their expectation. Their journey with Jesus had come to a sudden end. They expected more from Jesus… and hoped for something more from God.

Bible verse of the day

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Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Did I ask you for your advice?

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This week I’m not writing about a hospice patient; I’m confessing my sins. I confess that giving unsolicited advice and making premature suggestions is one of my besetting sins. In retrospect, maybe that’s why my coworker, Viktoriya, bought me a figurine of a cartoonish looking little man dressed in coveralls, with an arm full of tools, with the title, “The Fixit Man”. My unsolicited advice to you is, “Mother’s tell your children not to do what I have done,” (Song, House of the Rising Sun).

Ebb and Flow

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Defined, ebb and flow is a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth. The frequently used phrase is used to describe something that changes in a regular and repeated way… the ebb and flow of fashion or the ebb and flow of human history. It’s like the predictable ebb and flow of traffic. For example, the ebb of abandoned roadways very early in the morning when only the groundhogs and deer freely move about the asphalt. Then in short order, thoroughfares come alive as the great American workforce begins its faithful daily flow enabling the nation’s powerful economic wheels to turn.

Defeating Our Giants

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One of the greatest battles in history was not fought between two armies but rather between two people, David and Goliath. How could David defeat a giant? David was just a shepherd boy yet what was the source of his power? David had the heart of a champion, but that was not the source of his power. The source of his power came from the Lord. He trusted in the One who can do it all! In the end the one who defeated the giant was God! Why do I say that? I say that because David was good, but he wasn’t that good. Remember, David picked up five stones. Brothers and sisters David was looking to reload!

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