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Tag Archives: Relationships
The Loss of His Wife
The Bible is filled with many stories of ordinary people struggling with the challenges of life. Sometimes they are manageable and people get through using their wits and abilities. Other times, the challenges are like arrows that stab, exhaust and … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Anger, Bible, Choices, Conflict, Death, Depression, Disappointment, Family, Feelings, Fiction, Grief, Household, Loss, Memory, Perseverance, Sibling, Stress
Tagged Grief, Relationships, Suffering
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What Is My Brother to Me?
What was it really like? Sometimes a story in the Bible comes alive to me and I have to write about it. Here is one such story: Cain’s murder of Abel. Cain stopped when he saw the fire burning by … Continue reading
How Do You Set Up a Household?
I have been asking myself this question lately, because my home feels comfortably set up. Next month I will be married three years to Cindy. Let me see if I can recall the steps involved in our setting up this … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Adaptability, Adversity, Appearance, Christ, Contentment, Eternal Life, Grief, Heaven, Home, Household, Marriage, Peace, relationships, Seasons, Spiritual, Spirituality, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ, Eternity, Gifts, Heaven, Home, Household, Life, Loss, Relationships, Suffering, Surrender, Trust
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Spy Wednesday or Holy Wednesday
What is Happening On Wednesday Jesus remains in Bethany. According to Wikipedia “Bethany has traditionally been identified with the present-day West Bank city of al-Eizariya (Arabic (العيزرية), meaning “Place of Lazarus”), site of the reputed Tomb of Lazarus, located about … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Adversity, Belief, Bible, Bondage, Christ, Darkness, Focus, Guidance, Holy Week, Jesus, Mission, Peace, Perseverance, Perspective, Prayer, Priorities, Suffering
Tagged Abiding, Bethany Israel, Christ, Identity, Jesus Death, Perseverance, Prayer, Quiet Time, Relationships, Relaxation, Trust
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Denial
The final part of a daily devotional series at Words of Hope (https://woh.org/word/devotionals/2013/03/23) looking at how people in the Bible handled tough situations: Read Matthew 26:31-35 Have you ever denied you are a follower of Jesus? In many countries a … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, denial, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Healing, Identity, Peer Pressure, Perseverance, Perspective, reinstatement, relationships, Repentance, Restoration, Social Pressure, Spirituality, Trials, Witnessing
Tagged Abiding, Fear, Forgiveness, Good Friday, Healing, Identity, Perseverance, Relationships, Renewal, Surrender
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Position
Part of a daily devotional series at Words of Hope (https://woh.org/word/devotionals/2013/03/19) looking at how people in the Bible handled tough situations: Commenting on Nicodemus’s visit to Jesus, Alfred Edersheim (The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah) wrote: “It must … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Courage, Faithfulness, Job, Materialism, Peer Pressure, Priorities, Reality, relationships, Religion, Social Pressure, Status, Values, Witnessing, Worry
Tagged Christ, Christian, Fear, Identity, politics, Position, Relationships, Self Worth, Status, Surrender, Trust, Worry
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Not Chosen
Part of a daily devotional series at Words of Hope (https://woh.org/word/devotionals/2013/03/17) looking at how people in the Bible handled tough situations: Read Matthew 15:21-28 As I became a better hitter in baseball, I felt good when I was among the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Faith, Life, Outsider, Persistence, Rejection
Tagged Comparison, Identity, Perseverance, Rejection, Relationships, Self Worth
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Connecting with Old Friends
Connections A blessing breeze blew through my life the day I connected with someone I had known many years ago. We were in school together and had shared common interests. He was older, wiser I felt, and an accomplished organist. … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Aging, Appreciation, Choices, Faithfulness, Friends, Memory, Old Age, Perseverance, Perspective, relationships, Retirement, Self-Worth, The Past, Values
Tagged Aging, Appreciation, Friends, Identity, Life, Perseverance, Relationships
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I Met My Wife in My Former Church
A Gust of Grace blew into my life in November of 2009. On that Sunday I visited my old home church and saw someone I had known over 20 years ago. Seven months later we were married. At the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Communication, Courage, Faithfulness, Focus, Gifts, Grace, Grief, Guidance, Happiness, Laughter, Letting Go, Life, love, mercy, On Line Dating, Perspective, Principles, Priorities, Providence, relationships, Sense of Humor, Trust, Values, Wisdom
Tagged Abiding, Fun, Grief, Identity, Integrity, Life, Perseverance, Relationships, Surrender, Trust
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Am I Enough?
Experience as a Flashlight: “Am I enough?” I wondered as I wandered through my teens and early twenties. “Do I have enough looks and wittiness to attract a woman to my side?” “Will I spend all my life alone?” These … Continue reading
Posted in Contentment, Feelings, Friends, Healing, Patience, Perseverance, Providence, relationships
Tagged Identity, Relationships, Self Worth
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