My Quiet Place

Musings on Friendship

February is love month. I am thankful For the times that I’ve bonded with friends from school and from church; friends from the past and friends in recent years; young friends and those young once.

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Complaining to God…

Question… are we allowed to complain to God? Can we gripe about our misery? Can we ask for good things we do not have? Can we tell God: ‘I don’t want this anymore.. enough is

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Do you not care, Jesus?

Do you not care, Jesus? Says who? His disciplesWhere? Going to the other side, in the boat, leaving the crowdWhen? that day when the evening came…What happened? gale (a very strong wind) arose; waves rocking

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How does God bless?

Numbers 622 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:24 “‘“The Lord bless youand keep you;25 the Lord make his

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The Easy Way Out

Come down from the cross and we will believe you! It would have been so easy for Jesus to do just that and all the mockers would have shut up and fallen down on their

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Why pray…

Lessons I learned from praying…1) No matter how bad or hopeless or sad I feel, prayer sees me through. One night, I felt so sad and frustrated I went out alone to drive around town.

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Sharing the Burden

Burnt-out … worn-out… exhausted and weary? How come? Learn some words of wisdom from Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. See what he had to say of Moses’ work – from morning till night being judge

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Why God allows suffering..

Question: What is your theology on suffering and blessing? Punishment for sin and reward for doing good? Today, I read Leviticus 26: vv. 1-13 for blessings vs vv. 14-39 for curses. Seemingly there were more

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The Greatest Deception

Do to others what you don’t want them do to you. Sounds right? Nope. But that’s what the chief priests did in the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Matthew 2762 The next day, the

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One Day at a Time

To go or not to go… that is the question. The Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years. They lived and camped in tents since leaving Egypt to go to the Promised Land going

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