Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Morning Reflection 2/12/12
http://bible.us/Ps87.6.NLT When the Lord registers the nations, he will say, “They have all become citizens of Jerusalem.” The Psalmist sounds a note of hope. No matter who, where, or what, at some point all will be able to say they are “citizens of Jerusalem.” This is a statement of hope and of faith. It is…
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Review: Answering God
Over the past few months I’ve been reading through the Psalms and Proverbs each day. As I’ve read, I’ve become more interested in the book of Psalms. I picked a used copy book up by Eugene H. Peterson hoping it would give me some insight into the Psalms. What it did was give me desire…
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Morning Reflection 2/11/12
http://bible.us/Ps86.1.NLT Bend down, O Lord , and hear my prayer; answer me, for I need your help. :: Eugene Peterson says that all prayer starts out from a place of trouble. It’s easy to see this in the Psalms. Many of the Psalms are for cries of help. We cry out because we have no…
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Can’t Get it Back
What better way to spend a day off than sitting at the car repair shop. I spend more time here than I would like to. I do like buying used cars because it means we don’t have a car payment (or if we do, it isn’t that much). The down side is that from time…
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Barely Bearable
So, this is what I have to carry through Walmart because I love my son. No, the bear wasn’t for him. It was for his girlfriend. Because I was going to be in town, I said I would pick it up not thinking about the looks and questions I would get. Love makes you do…