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  My nose is clogged. My throat throbs, and tears keep getting in my way. The wind outside beating against my windows and the deep darkness, the darkest moment before the sunrise, is symbolic of my grief this morning as I write. I prayed, “Lord, I can’t write these words today…I’ve got to be upbeat and positive. I shouldn’t wear …

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faith, heaven, poetry, prayer

Look Up (A Heavenly Moment)

“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 beginning to end.” ~Ecclesiastes 3:11 Clouds like Grey cardboard cutouts Float among  Puffy cotton-balls In a cerulean sky. For a brief Moment My spirit Is allured into Their ethereal Peace. “Take me!” I …

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heaven, image of God, mourning

Someday We Won’t Have to Say the “g” Word

“At this they wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.” ~Ruth 1: 14 A dear friend posted on Facebook the other day about missing her dad. It was the 5th anniversary of his death. I easily related to her post. My sister died of cancer 3 years ago and my mother 5. Saying goodbye …

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