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  • "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord." There is a verse I came across in Isaiah some time ago, which quite surprised me. It says that when someone dies, the wicked don't take it t…

  • Lift up the hands that hang down; strengthen the feeble knees.... ..............loose the bonds of wickedness, let the oppressed go free, break every yoke, share your bread with the hungry, bring to your house the p…

  • I wonder...... When abortion was illegal, the exceptions to that were rape and incest. So, abortion could be carried out in the event of rape, incest, and oh yes, when it threatened the life of the mother. I wond…

  • MORNING PRAYER from The Catholic Prayer Book Grant me, O Lord, that none may love you less this day because of me; That never a word or act of mine may turn one soul from Thee; And ever daring, yet one other grace…

  • LITANY OF HUMILITY EDIT: This is from The Handbook of Prayers by Belmonte & Socias Oh Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Hear me From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me Jesus From the desire of be…

  • Now spins the circling sphere And tortured times are fewWithin my grasp I holdA life both old and new Along the path I treadShines bright the sunlightBeaming overhead And on my face a smile Replaces dread Now burn th…

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT From NT Wright, Jesus and the Identity of God http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_JIG.htm "Once we have glimpsed the true portrait of God, the onus is on us to reflect it: to reflect it as a comm…

  • From: The Stages of Life Carl G. Jung "....We wish to make our lives simple, certain, and smooth, and for that reason problems are taboo. We want to have certainties and no doubts—results and no experiments—witho…

  • In a ring of fire She dances With a god of Burning glances And the sharply Pointed lances Guard her heart Behind a door.... Edit: While a wind from Whence is blowing And the fiery Embers glowing Seeds …

  • So, Dan says they're all tough verses, and Anna asks what it all means. Well, if we say we take the Bible literally, then we have to believe it means just what it says. A tougher pill to swallow than verses about …

  • Detachment: He that loves father and mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. Mt 10:37 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life…

  • Ah, yes, a bit of wine to gladden the heart. But not enough to trigger a migraine. Chocolate doesn't hurt either ;) And pizza. And music. Oh yeah, the day is looking better.

  • I've heard that we never step in the same river twice, because it isn't the same river and it isn't the same foot. I've heard, "you'll never pass this way again." Thank You Lord! All my love, Amen

  • The Stolen Child By William Butler Yeats WHERE dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water-rats; There we've hid our faery vats, Ful…

  • My back to the darkness I stand in the Light Viewing with sharpness My distance from night The sun at its zenith May blind and may burn But lengthening shadows Reveal what we learn With dusk now approaching …

  • Alone No stranger To the well Is sleeping Dreaming Of escape From hell Now creeping Shadows Of the night In stealth Descending Yie…

  • If we want to be found in Christ, maybe we should lose ourselves in Him.

  • Wonder why God doesn't answer prayer sometimes? God wants to change our hearts; all we want changed is our circumstances. EDIT: Why He seems to not answer prayer sometimes

  • Sometimes the only prayer I pray is silence. I lean on the heart of God and listen as He reads the silence in my heart, unfolding the words beyond utterance, with understanding far more perfect than my own. I know the…

  • Though gray the day I know the One Who made the sun, And light Surrounds me still

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