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Category Archives: Faith
On Alert After Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination
Living in the Past: The reader needs to know that I am not a violent man. I have had only one fight in my life. I avoid physical confrontations because of some difficulties I have with my anger. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Country, Courage, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Feelings, Legal, Life, Memory, mercy, Military, Morals, Patriotism, Peace, Perseverance, Perspective, Politics, Principles, Priorities, Service, Soldier, Trust, War, Wisdom, Youth
Tagged Country, current-events, Fear, Identity, Integrity, Liberty, Morals, Perseverance, politics, Principles, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Worry
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I’m Too Young for the World to Come to an End
LIVING IN THE PAST: The memory is a still life photo complete with sound track. I am seventeen years old and I see the clutter of cartons with canned goods cut opened, stacked and waiting to be stocked on the … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalyptic, End of the World, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Feelings, Memory, Nuclear Holocaust, Religion, Repentance, Stress, War, Worry, Youth
Tagged Aging, Apocalypse, Brinkmanship, Conflict, current-events, Fear, Khruschev, politics, Prayer, Soviet Union, Stress, Suffering, Trust, War, World War, Worry
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What Limits Potential?
I can still recall a thought I had in my youth as I walked out of church mid-week. I had not been there for a service, perhaps just a visit. As I left, I felt happy about my life and … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Guidance, Imagination, Laughter, Perseverance, Perspective, Prayer, Quiet Time, Religion, Trust, Worry
Tagged Aging, california redwood trees, Fear, Forgiveness, Identity, Liberty, Perseverance, Renewal, Self Worth, Stress, Trust
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Book Review of “Memory Theft”
Local newspaper gives favorable review to “Memory Theft” Grieving man faces threats to his past in novel by local author Anyone who would like to find out more may do so at http://www.richrockwood.com.
Posted in eReading, Faith, Forgiveness, Gambling, Grief, love, Perseverance, relationships, Stress, Uncategorized
Tagged Extortion, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief, Perseverance, Self Worth, Suffering, Trust, Worry
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I Will Awake the Dawn
As I read Psalm 57 today, I recognized this line from a song we sing at church: “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.” (Psalm 57:5 NRSV). It’s a song that gets … Continue reading
Posted in Bondage, Claustrophobia, Courage, Eternity, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Grief, Habitual Sin, Meditation, Night, Perseverance, Perspective, Praise, Prayer, Quiet Time, Sleeplessness, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Uncategorized, Worry
Tagged Abiding, Aging, Claustrophobia, current-events, Fear, Identity, Integrity, Loss, Perseverance, Prayer, Quiet Time, Renewal, Suffering, Surrender, Trust, Worry, Worship
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The Lord’s Compassion Is Over All that He Has Made
In these days of violence in the Middle East over spiritual insults and rancorous, negative political campaigning in the U.S., I invite the reader to contemplate this biblical statement about God 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger … Continue reading
Posted in Country, Creation, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Heaven, Laughter, love, mercy, Patriotism, Peace, Perspective, Politics, Praise, Quiet Time, relationships, Religion, Repentance, Stress, Trust, Wisdom, Worry
Tagged Comparison, Country, current-events, Fear, Forgiveness, Identity, politics, Prayer, Quiet Time, Stress, Suffering, Surrender, Worry, Worship
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Removing a Sexual Sin
The following words written by the great King David after he had abused his authority over Bathsheba, another man’s wife, by having sexual relations with her. When he found out she was pregnant, he arranged to have her husband killed … Continue reading
Posted in Bondage, Eternity, Faith, Forgiveness, Guidance, Habitual Sin, Laughter, Meditation, mercy, Peace, Perspective, Prayer, relationships, Repentance, Salvation, Sex, Stress, Suffering
Tagged Fear, Forgiveness, Identity, Integrity, Liberty, Morals, Renewal, Self Worth, Sex, Sin, Surrender, Trust
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Who In the Skies Can Be Compared to the Lord
“For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,” (Psalm 89:6 NRSV) Recently, my wife and I took vacation in Washington State to visit her son and his girl … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Eternity, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Heaven, Meditation, Nature, Perspective, Praise, Prayer, Quiet Time, Religion, Repentance, Salvation, Trust, Worry
Tagged Abiding, Claustrophobia, Comparison, Fear, Identity, Prayer, Quiet Time, Renewal, Self Worth, Worship
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The God of Silence
“Do not be silent, O God of my praise.” (Psalm 109:1 NRSV) A difficulty arises for believers when God seems to have nothing to say. It contradicts everything we know about God from the Bible. There we read of God’s … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Faithfulness, Perseverance, Perspective, Praise, Prayer, Quiet Time, Stress, Trust, Worry
Tagged Abiding, Fear, Perseverance, Prayer, Principles, Quiet Time, Renewal, Stress, Surrender, Trust, Worry, Worship
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