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Tag: Love

  • We not Me

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    Fred D
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    This reflective English Proverb was posted by a fellow blogger the other day:  A wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why can’t we be like that wise old bird? . . . and to this I would respectfully…

  • Easter – Pay It Forward

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    Fred D
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    “Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies.” Kate McGahan. Easter is this ole ragamuffin’s most beloved holiday. Recently I was both humbled and convicted reading a historical account where Easter’s resurrection message was acknowledged and fearlessly declared in the face of adversity and certain punishment. Inspired by Marxist doctrine, Russia’s…

  • Three Questions

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    Fred D
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    In our sadly divided nation, I strive not to risk sparking gut-level political controversy. However, this picture has haunted my dreams since the horrific, unimaginable tragedy at Nashville Covenant School in Nashville, TN three days ago: Here’s another picture from that tragic day.  I respectfully ask you consider both pictures, and ask yourself three questions:…

  • Road Trip

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    Fred D
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    Road trips are fodder for unforeseen adventure and blessings. Thus far, our current one has traversed nearly 2,000 miles through eight states. It has been laden with a variety of unexpected adventures and blessings that have God’s fingerprints all over them. Here’s snippets of some that have been ours to experience along the journey. Memorial…

  • 2023 New Year Resolution

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    Fred D
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    Adolph Ochs, the owner of the New York Times, organized the first Times Square New Year’s Ball Drop on December 31, 1907. Save for wartime blackouts in 1942 (the year I was born ☹) and 1943, this iconic event has welcomed in every New Year ever since. In today’s vernacular,’ dropping the ball’ means to…

  • Being Jesus

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    Fred D
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    Today a friend posted on their blog (gratefuladdict) the note below. Someone . . . prompted by love’s pure compassion . . . placed this note on the van windshield a homeless person was living in. This note simultaneously blessed and convicted me . . . blessed, aware of my undeserved abundance . . .…

  • Creation Miracle Moment

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    Fred D
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    Yesterday I stood mesmerized in the forest, immersed in a golden rain. Like a child jubilantly blowing bubbles, a puff of Divine breath launched a thousand gold flakes into the air on their memorial journey to earth . . . a Creation miracle moment. Embraced in total peace, my soul rejoiced in freedom knowing .…

  • The Blind Boy

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    Fred D
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    Ever experience a situation you later regret not taking the time to offer helping someone? . . . You just read three I’ve been guilty of this past year when, unlike the Good Samaritan, I was too ‘busy’, and chose to “…pass by on the other side of the road…”?  . . . proof positive…

  • Thanks Dad . . .

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    Fred D
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    Thanks Dad – for adopting me. Back when I was a defiant teenager you rescued me into your family in ‘as-is’ condition . . . without condition. Over the years I regret having so often disappointed you by stubbornly disregarding your patient advice in lieu of doing things my way. I’m ever amazed and grateful…

  • Valentine Beauty

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    Fred D
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    Some of us may not be what some consider a “beautiful” Valentine, but anyone can be a “pretty” Valentine. I’m thankful that “Beauty is only skin deep.” 😊 Staistica confirms Americans are obsessed with beauty, constantly trying to turn back the hands- of-time on what they see reflected in the mirror, reporting: In 2020 the…