Tag: family
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upside down
Once upon a time I experienced the words from Les Miserables, “what was right seemed wrong and what was wrong seemed right.” Is reality right-side-up or up-side-down? That experience has often resurfaced and exposed Satan’s subtle infiltration. It just happened again. I offhanded commented to Sandi that God was answering my prayer that He multiply […]
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midcourse guidance
An isolated island in the rushing torrent of “modern life,” set apart in space and time. No wi-fi, out of cell coverage, no satellite or cable, only one phone line for the office. In the tents and cabins, no electricity or running water. Camp leaped toward modernity with the addition of their overhead projector. But […]
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God’s gift of love
We had all of 30 minutes to spare between when we arrived in the rain at the birth center and when Matilda Grace waltzed into the world of light and sound and made her first little cry. Her 21 inches seem tiny and her 7 pounds 14 oz weigh nothing as she lays on my […]
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A tale of two grandmas
As women we make many choices. One major choice, perhaps the major choice, lies between spending our lives “being someone” and investing our lives in our family and others. Perhaps there is a delicate way to balance between the two, but only one can truly have priority. Since God blessed me with a rare, traditional […]
Cleverly Disguised 