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Hands
And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blesserd them. Mark 10:16 NIV I love to wonder. When I look at everything God has created, my heart sings with a sense of joy, and I feel totally at peace. Outside my window, I can see tiny birds, tall silver birch trees, hills, m...
The Call
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14 NKJV The 2015 General Conference Sessions in San Antonio was one of our denomination’s largest gatherings. The many thousands of members from all over the world, assembled in one place, was a heavenl...
By Beholding We Become Changed
(And we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14 I’m not a graceful person, a discovery I made as an adult when I took a class in which we exercised to music. The first couple of classes were easy enough, but soon I began to lag notice...
THE BURDEN BEARER
Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens Psalm 68:19 NIV It was a day like any other when walking down the street in town I met one of my former high school colleagues. I greeted her and we exchanged some pleasantries and old memories. She remembered my Christian orie...
Time
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always ho...
In God's Hands
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. Psalm 94:19 NIV The morning started as usual, my children went to school, and I took the train from Ostia, where I lived, to Rome. I had to change trains twice before arriving at my office at the Italian Adventist Union where I wo...
I can’t believe it!
Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. John 20:25 NIV On June 27, 2010, the German soccer team beat out England’s team 4-1 for the World Cup Championship in South Africa. In previous soccer matches the Ge...
Where Have they Gone?
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling. 2 Corinthians 5:1,2 NIV I just opened the mail to discover an anticipated letter!...
The Old Typewriter
Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Isaiah 43:4 ESV "Although my typewriter is xn old model, it still works very well - except for the fxct that one letter is broken. You would think thxt if xll the oth...
Above Dark Clouds the Sun Is Shining
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8 NIV I had the occasion to fly to Berlin. Dark clouds hung over Munich, and it was raining. But as the airplane rose higher ...