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Category Archives: other
Sleep in Peace
We know that Satan lies, steals and destroys. He lies to scare me, he steals my sense of safety and he destroys my good night’s sleep. Psalm 4:8 (NIV) In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you … Continue reading
This Is Rest
“Peace, perfect peace, by thronging duties pressed? To do the will of Jesus, this is rest.” Edward Henry Bickersteth (1825-1906) Bickersteth was poet, pastor and traveler–in support of the Society for the Propagation of the … Continue reading
Let It Go and Go to Bed
Before bed, I put my anger and regrets in God’s hands. He sorts through my collection. He trashes my resentment to a coworker’s criticism (how dare she!) and a comment I overheard (nasty). Ephesians 4:26 (NIV) Do not let the sun … Continue reading
Rest Assured
What keeps you up at night? Worries about my family Frustration with our nation Money troubles What? I sleep through it all There are nights when sleep just doesn’t come. My head is full of yesterday’s regrets … Continue reading
Time to Forgive
Daylight Savings Time and St. Patrick’s Day, all in the same week. Now is a good time to forgive. It will bring out the saint in you. [As a teenager, Patrick was captured by Irish pirates … Continue reading
Careful How You Wrap that Gift
Yesterday, I said time was a gift from God. Lord, forgive me for wrapping your gift in the coarse paper of bitterness and anger. Teach me to keep it wrapped in the sparkle of love and the glitter of … Continue reading
The Gift of Time
Genesis 1:14-19 (NIV) And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years” . . . … Continue reading
Just a Minute
How do you feel about time? Too much time Never enough time Time’s a wastin’ Time change. Again. In 1784, Ben Franklin wrote “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light,” joking that the people of … Continue reading
Work the Problem
I remember when tens of thousands of Hmong refugees came to the United States in the late 1970’s. Thousands of volunteers helped with their resettlement, some of our friends and family among them. I offered only second-hand help–mostly watching our … Continue reading