[This is number nine of fourteen passages that sustained me in my dark palce a few years ago.] 10 Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD …
I’m forty-one!
“This won’t last. You’ll get over it. It’s just a phase,” said my roommate Bill when I told him I decided to follow Jesus. That was 41 years ago today, August 20, 1972, and I’m still waiting for it to wear off. It hasn’t. I guess it’s because it’s not an “it,” it’s a “him.” …
ENDURE DIFFICULTY AND EMBRACE ITS DISCIPLINE
[This is the eighth of fourteen passages that sustained me in my dark place.] …submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the …
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“I’m married to a sexy senior citizen!” Mitch Andersen
[While I figured this title would get your attention, I thought it was important to put Mitch's name next to it, since it was his statement and not mine! I didn't want anyone thinking I married Madonna, who turned 55 today! Can you imagine her getting the Senior Citizen discount at Denny's? This is a …
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ZOOM OUT
[This is the seventh of fourteen passages that sustained me in the while in the dark.] Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So …
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