In Campus Life a young nurse tells of a patient called Eileen. A cerebral aneurysm had left her with no conscious control over her body. The doctors thought she was totally unconscious, unable to feel pain, unaware of anything going on around her. It was the hospital staff’s job to turn her every hour to …
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Today is September 11th. I want to express my sympathy for the families who lost loved ones, and gratitude to the soldiers attempting to keep a day like Sept. 11th from repeating itself. For us, it is a tragic day for the nation, but not to over shadow the joy of our own family. Emily …
The Following is a portion of an interview with Rick Warren. While I have not found the original interview, I have found many copies of it. Rick Warren’s thoughts on life and purpose have been inspirational and controversial to many. I believe that his ideas as stated in this interview exemplify the “eternal perspective”. In …
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Childhood is a strange country. It’s a place you come from or go to – at least in your mind. For me it has an endless, spellbound something in it that feels remote. It’s like a little sealed-vault country of cake breath and grass stains where what you do instead of work is spin until …
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“The Lord is like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions.” (Deuteronomy 32:11) An eagle, like other birds, creates a warm soft feather bed for their young to be born in. Then there comes a day when …
Today, I would like to share a song with you. Last week, I heard it and loved it. Listen to the worship of this song. The words say that He will last when all else fades. No matter what I am walking through, at some point it will fade. But God will still remain. His …
God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! (Lamentations 3: 22-23 TM) Last week I watched an episode of Oprah with Sheryl Crow. They asked several ladies to answer the question “What do you know for sure”. One answer was …
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.†(Luke 6:38 NIV) Yesterday, a friend of mine called me to check on me. Wanted to see if I …
There are a lot of answers to this question. According to Paul in Hebrews 11:1 “…faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” I have heard this verse all my life. I know that in essence faith sees and knows what the human eye does not. Because I have …
I am currently reading Joyce Meyer’s book “Battlefield of the Mind”. Today, I simply want to share an excerpt from this book. It has already shown me so much about my thought life. I hope this helps you, and possibly encourages you to go get the book. “For as he thinks in his heart, so …
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