My Quiet Place

Growing in Patience

As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have

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The Wise Pray-er

The Prayer – 1 Kings 3:5-14 If God were to ask you: What do you want me to give you? What would your answer be? Good health? Financial security? Most traditional Chinese might perhaps ask

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The Story of the Good Neighbor

Someone asked Jesus: Who is my neighbor? This question is self-focused. “My” is definitive. It looks at what I think, who I consider to be ‘my’ idea of a neighbor. It is restrictive like setting

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The Path of the Peacemaker

For quite some time, I have a burden in my heart to make peace… I have tried before. Sometime I succeeded, and it brought me joy. But I have also failed. ☹️ Peacemaking is not

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A Mom’s Puzzle

We go to school to learn the 3 R’s. One gets on the bike to know how to ride it. You get wet to learn swimming. You sit behind the wheel to start driving. A

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Gifted Child of God

Special children, exceptional children, gifted children… children with special needs… do you know that all these are under one umbrella? Yes, even gifted children are children with special needs. We often think that special children

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The Value of Time

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die… (Eccl. 3:1 NIV) Born and grown in a Chinese family, I know

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Prayer of the Defeated

Joshua, successor of Moses, led the Israelites into the Promise Land with a successful conquest of Jericho. It was their first battle won with the Lord in command. They brought down the walls of the

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