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Look Up

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the works of His hands (Psalm 19:1).   Our family lives outside the city limits between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape Fear River, so the sky is very dark at night. But its darkness grows blacker during the wee hours of the morning right before the sun announces the …

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The Mundane and the Eternal

The pressures of this world’s duties tug at my pant leg while I desire to be doing eternal things. Laundry just doesn’t seem to hold such weight, yet it must get done. I’ve always been able to relate to Mary more than Martha, not because I’m holy, but because I’d rather pray than mop the floor. After making my hourly schedule …

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Is Your Heart Restless?

There is  time and a season for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven….What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from …

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Faith in His Perspective

The other day Mike and I were talking of how life gets harder as we get older because more and more people around us get sick, suffer loss, and face hardship. Of course, this is our view here on this earth. Our limited perception. Twenty-one years ago, at the beginning of our marriage, I fervently prayed for both of us to have eternal …

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