My Quiet Place

The Ways of the Safe and Strong

One morning years ago, I couldn’t get the car engine to start after i pushed the on button. I thought I got the wrong key. Pushed the button 2x, nothing.. then I realised i was

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Humbly Humiliated

Humbly humiliated… Humility is defined as lack of false pride; antonyms are conceit and vanity. Jesus is our model for living a life of humility. He exemplified this virtue by giving up His heavenly position

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Sights and Sounds of Papa…

One of my early visions of papa is of him carrying my school bag to put beside my seat when I was in elementary. I believe he’s the only father doing that until middle grades.

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The Way of Hope

In an episode of the TV series of the New Amsterdam, the story of the depressed American Chinese youth, Amy who stepped off the subway platform onto an oncoming train, tells us that depression is

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Worship in the Ashes

Question… is it easier to sing when you are happy or sad? Happy of course! When I’m sad, or when I’m worried, there’s a lump that’s stuck in my throat. How could I sing when

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A Glorious Death

“This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” John 11:4Few days ago, I read about Jesus being asked

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The Contented Babe

King David does not strike me as a proud man. So I was intrigued when he said: My heart is not proud, Lord. My eyes are not haughty. (Psalm 131:1a). It does not seem like

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