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Fire! Fire!
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Deuteronomy 4:9 NIV S-c-r-e-e-c-h! Piercing, screaming sounds of “Fire! Fire!” knifed through the darkness of the night. I jerked straight ...
Face Time
If my people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV The new telephone technologies are amazing. I remember when a person coul...
Globetrotter
‘Come,’ he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came towards Jesus. Matthew 14:29 NIV For many years now I have been accompanied by what is probably Henry David Thoreau's most famous poem ‘I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. ' In it, he descri...
Matryoshkas
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34 NIV Do you know matryoshkas? These wooden dolls hidden within each other are typical souvenirs from Russia and Ukraine, so we have brought them home from our travels and they are displayed on...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. Psalm 139:14 NRSV So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 NRSV Have you ever stood before the mirror and been u...
God Will Make a Way
Trust in the Lord forever. The Lord himself is the Rock. The Lord will keep us safe forever Isaiah 26:4 NIrV My friend and I were sitting at the airport of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. We had worked in a hospital in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea for a few weeks and were filled with many ...
Reflections
Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones. Proverbs 15:30 NIV The story goes that a long time ago, there was a place known as the house of the thousand mirrors in a distant village. A happy little doggie knew about this place and decided to go th...
Depending on God!
But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17:7 NIV The young girl’s heart fluttered with excitement! Her sparkling brown eyes could hardly take in the beauty and opulence of the royal palace. She had grown up with unimaginable pain, losing both parents wh...
Soaked and Soggy, Wet and Weeping – Waiting for the Rainbow
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 NKJV As we pored over the maps, our excitement grew. This would be our greatest adventure yet! My husband and I had decided to take a long bicycle trip. We’d be pedaling 1,400 miles across on third of the United States. Usua...
I’ll do it later
I tell you that the „right time” is now, and the “day of salvation” is now. 2 Corinthians 6:2, NCV Let me begin with a confession: procrastination has been a challenge for me all my life, and that’s why I developed, many years ago, the mantra “Do it now.” I’ve found through the years that this ma...