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Those Golf Balls!

December 12, 2021
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When my oldest daughter was around 5 years old she would take her little wagon and gather stray golf balls on the outskirts of the country club near our home.  She would then sell them for .50 each to the golfers.  One day she had a wagon-full of golf balls that had a colored band around them.  I told her those belonged to the country club’s driving range and that she would have to return them.  Of course she was disheartened as she was already seeing dollar signs. She tried to justify keeping them to sell. That Sunday at church she was lying in the pew beside me. . . .

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Quantum Physics

November 19, 2021
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One time my sister asked, “How can every eye see him (Jesus) when he comes”? (Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. Rev. 1:7) Off the cuff, my answer was that maybe we would all suddenly see into the quantum dimension; that the veil that separates us from the other dimensions would be dissolved and we would see what has been there all along—Jesus in all his glory.  Well, of course I know NOTHING about quantum physics, but it was an intriguing thought. . . .

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Music & Why my Tastes have Changed

November 19, 2021
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Lately I’ve wondered why I no longer relate to or even desire to listen to certain music that I actually happen to appreciate (I’m referring especially to the music of my generation)?  The instrumentals are well done, the voices are gravelly or soulful and the lyrics reflect raw human emotions, questions, longing, angst.  Yes, I have felt all those feelings.  But I can no longer relate to the music. Mainly due to the fact that the songwriters and/or musicians are STILL searching for something.  I cannot relate because I have found hope and I lay hold on that. . . .

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DL Moody Regarding Faith

November 14, 2021
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This morning the speaker at the church I was attending mentioned a quote by the great American evangelist from the late 1800s, DL Moody.  It expressed exactly what I’ve been trying to explain to a few people I know that claim to be weak in faith (though they WANT to believe).  I’ve told them that “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17).  In other words, you can’t just WISH for faith if you don’t want to read the very Word that imparts faith.  DL Moody said it much better that I could have ever said it. “I prayed for Faith, and thought that some day Faith would. . . .

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Hidden Manna or meat sacrificed to idols

November 4, 2021
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I was casually reading the 2nd chapter of Revelation regarding the letters to the angels of the seven churches. The angel of the church of Pergamum is told they will be given hidden manna to eat. (I wonder if that is the same thing David meant when he talked about “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies . . . Psalms 23:5) Okay, fine. Most Christians know that isn’t referring to the same manna that was in the wilderness. We take it to mean “spiritual food”. Especially if we know the words of Jesus who said He is the true manna from heaven. He. . . .

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Big shoes to fill

November 3, 2021
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My father was partial to a particular publication of the King James Bible, that is, The Oxford bible with chain references, published between approximately 1972 to 1997. He discovered that the references were more scholarly than some. Dad gave me that edition in my late teens.  I used it till my late forties.  (Then I used a second one he had given me as a spare). This Oxford edition is no longer in print so I search frequently on eBay and used book sellers to find copies. Then I had an epiphany—why not get my first one rebound? A big shout out to LegacyBibleRebinders.com. Not. . . .

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