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Tag: Prayer

  • ‘Mistakes’

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    Yesterday I accompanied my permanent girlfriend for a ride aboard the Senior Shuttle from her rehab facility to UTMC for a follow-up evaluation with her surgeon. Gratefully, the X-rays revealed her fractured humerus in beginning to heal …PTL! (thisX-ray pic doesn’t appear very ‘humerus’ to me 😊) God never has, never will make a mistake.…

  • One Nation Under God ?

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    New York advertising photographer Bill composed this powerfully reflective photograph of a US flag made from matches that has just caught fire, Stars and Stripes Forever? (1970). Taking its name from a patriotic march, Stettner suggested it perchance foreshadows “The fragility of the US and the principles that founded it.” The haunting “?” Stettner placed…

  • Joy And Sorrow

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    “Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalms 30:5 The two recent tragic airline disasters in Philadelphia and DC accentuated the unknown brevity of this life we’ve all been given. The Philadelphia crash was especially poignant to  me. It occurred less than 2 miles from the home where I grew…

  • The If . . . Then Providential Promise

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    In 4 days our country will inaugurate it’s 47th President. He, his Vice President, cabinet, our House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court and other leaders all urgently need our prayers for God’s wisdom . . . not theirs . . . in leading, healing, and unifying our sadly Divided States of America. The following excerpt…

  • Memorial Day

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    “All gave some, some gave all“ This Memorial Day we honor those who “gave all”.  Their ultimate sacrifice has provided freedom for all Americans. This “gave some” man is forever especially indebted and grateful for those “gave all” individuals no longer with us. Some six decades ago 23 young Marines stood proudly at attention at…

  • A Mother’s Prayer

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    If ever there was a child who tested the limits of a mother’s patience, love and forgiveness, it was little Freddy 😊Thankfully, my childhood ‘antics’ mitigated some with age. Years later, when challenged with much more grievous, adult ‘antics’, my Mom’s patience, love and forgiveness never wavered. She was always there for me. She modeled…

  • Pray 4 Peace

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    Today Malcolm, a blogger in England posted this picture and a prayer I felt led to share. It’s been said, “A picture is worth 1,000 words.”. . . this picture would fill a dictionary. I can’t help but think it’s what Jesus meant regarding Love when He said “…Love your neighbor as yourself…”, and when…

  • ‘Coincidences’

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    Moving is such fun! 😊 Earlier this year, with a combined age of 152, Ellen and I sensed the Lord nudging us to move on to a final ‘nesting grounds’. Consequently, for the past several months we’ve been road-tripping north to several states searching for that unknown to us destination. To add to our latest…

  • Sleepless ‘Miracle’ Teacher

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    Memory often begins to fade with age. However, mine seems to have remarkably shifted into reverse. The recent road trip my wife and I took has delightfully rejuvenated memories in ways that has me contemplating returning to college to pursue a PhD in astrophysics . . . justifying some who claim I’m ‘spaced out’😊 I…

  • The Huddle

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    Gratefully Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is now beginning to show “promising signs” of recovery since his chilling near death experience suffered during last Monday evening’s Cincinnati Bengals/Buffalo Bills NFL game. The unhindered unity displayed among the players on both teams blessed me as tears replaced tackles; compassion eliminated competition; and prayer prevailed. May God…