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Secrets
I’ve long said that satan hides in the secrets. His tired game of old is to make us think that no one would ever understand what we are going through, and the only solution for survival is to just keep quiet. Be silent. Stew in the secrets. Embrace defeat quietly, protecting the enemy who has…
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A Sliver of Silver (Judas Part 2)
A moonlit garden, sleepy disciples, and a plan for capturing the innocent. Jesus passionately prays while his guys nap. The guards and the thugs arrive with the snitch, and the servants and water boys wander around with the crowd. Everyone on edge as the accusations are made. Everyone except Jesus. He was solid in His…
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There’s Always a Judas at the Table
Judas was there all along. Looking spiritual. At church every time the door opened. Listening to every sermon, and dare I say singing every song the band played. Looked it. Seemed it. Yet God, in His perfect foreknowledge, His omniscience, knew. He knew the reality of what is to come. Judas, the one who already…
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Confidence
That little star on an ID. Yes, we know you have a valid form of identification. Yes, we know we actually issued it. But now we have to have this new card. We need to know that you are really, really, really who you say you are. Yes, same you. No, the old ID won’t…
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Beachcomber
I was on the hunt for shells. The fog enveloped the sun, and gave little sight to distance. The old men were lined up on the shore with their fishing poles anchored to the sand, just beyond the moist footprint of the waves. Sitting in frayed beach chairs talking about the issues of the world,…
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Dig, girl, dig
You gotta dig down deep to get to the foundation, if you want to rebuild it right. Can’t start at the surface. Can’t do it from half-way up. Can’t even rebuild from the place you can get to in your own strength. Like the archaeologist who starts out moving buckets of built up earth, getting…
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A plain old Jesus follower who understands more each day what it means to embrace the grace of God, and glorify Him in the simple things of life.
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