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Another older couple I’ve spent time with were married a relatively short time considering their ages. They’d both been married before but had known so very much loss that at no point ever in the time I was with them did they look at each other with anything but sheer adoration.
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Last words are so important.
When my Grandma died, her last words were to Grandpa.
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A few weeks ago I was kinda-sorta a bit not nice to Mr 16 who was giving me driving tips. I may have been kinda-sorta a bit sarcy when I said “how DO I manage driving around all day without you kids minding me?” (or similar). With his cute puppy dog eyes he implored me with a grin “Mum! Don’t be mean!”
Hmm. I actually was a bit sorry.
And then there are mornings like today, where I whacked myself in the schnozz with my hairdryer, and I wonder it myself.
What makes me smile the most?
My family
What makes me laugh the most?
My family
Who occupies my head the most?
My family
What makes me ache the most?
My family
What makes me cry the most?
My family
For whom do I hope the most?
My family
Who most keeps me at my Fathers knee?
My family.
I believe in love
I believe in fidelity
I believe in faithfulness
I believe in trust
I believe in humility
I believe in forgiveness
I believe in knowing what you’re worth
And in knowing what you’re not worth
Every night that I go outside, I find myself looking up at the moon and saying “Hullo Lord”. Not because I’m mistaking the moon for Him, or heading into some weird form of worship, but because the moon is a great reminder to me that He has set many ways to communicate with us, and in a sense the moon is one of those.
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If you lived and worked in two different time zones, you would obviously need to keep track of the time in both places. The calendar we are used to is not the same as the calendar spoken of in the Bible. Because of this difference most of us are unaware of the days on which many recorded Biblical events happened, or the days on which God set His “appointed times” (moed).
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Mary and Joseph were both from the tribe of Judah (2000ish BC). It also seems that they were both descended from King David (1000ish BC). Mary a descendant of King Solomon, and Joseph a descendant of another of David’s sons – Nathan. That means, all the kings of Israel/Judah were in Mary’s lineage. While Jesus was not Joseph’s blood son, he was Josephs lawful son, and was of royal blood any which way you looked at it.
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I know there is good anger. Right anger. Necessary anger.
BUT ~ Anger is a common and quick false friend. This kind is a deceiver, a weight and a fog.
It obscures vision, weights thought in one’s favour, and justifies more action in anger.
Always? No, but probably more often than we care to admit.
Get out of the cloud – look clearly.
Smash the fake scales – judge fairly.
Build ~ don’t rip.