“There are “friends” who destroy each other but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.” ~ Proverbs 18:34 ~ “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ~ C S Lewis ~ “There are two reasons you need to…
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Sabbath Keeping – Update, of sorts
“The joy of the Lord is my strength and shield, my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him.” ~ Psalm 28:7 ~ All day long I’ve pondered what to post for today’s Sabbath Keeping and I’ve come up blank. It’s not the Bible’s fault; it’s entirely on…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ Houses
“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” ~ Psalm 127:1 ~ “Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ Easter
“For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of foaming wine, well mixed and He pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.” ~ Psalm 75:8 ~ Christ is risen and so shall I….alleluia! “Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is…
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A Blistering Pace at Glacial Speed ~ In the beginning…
“However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.” ~ Charles Dudley Warner ~ Your dream might well be my dream come to life. In order to speak to the direction this blog is taking, you should read something about the back story. If you’ve read My Story, you…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ a little donkey
Legend has it the little Jerusalem donkey, marked by a cross on the back, was ridden by Mary, on her way to Bethlehem, and by Jesus, on His way to the cross. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee; he is just and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an…
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Am I a liar if I’m slow in promise keeping?
Living in the South means those of us, of a “certain age”, cut our teeth on, as it was variously called, The War Between the States, The Civil War (although as my MIL used to say, “There was nothing civil about it!”), The Late Great Unpleasantness, The War of Northern Aggression, The War for Southern Independence, The Great Battle and…
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Sabbeth Keeping ~ Angels
“Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you and you shall answer me. Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ Wait
“Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you For the LORD is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him. ” ~ Isaiah 30:18 ~ “Wait is a verb.” ~ Sandra ~ “To trust in spite of the look of being forsaken; to…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ Years
“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” ~ Psalm 90:10 ~ Canon J John Church of England, is my favorite preacher; he’s an evangelist, author and speaker in the United…
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