Tag: Bible
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Slightly Obsessed #076: Prism
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the Light of the world.’ – John 8:12 Our newborn son was very ill. Kevin lay in a sterile room fighting pneumonia. He was just three weeks old; so tiny, so new on this earth, already having to fight for life. I stayed with…
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Slightly Obsessed #075: The New Nazis
When the Nazis came for the communists, I did not speak out; As I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I did not speak out; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; As I was not a trade…
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Slightly Obsessed #074: Transplant
Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. – Solomon 4:16 Mother grew up in the South and often longed to surround herself with reminders of her old haunts after she and dad moved to the Pacific Northwest. One thing she really wanted was…
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Slightly Obsessed #073: First Love
I know your deeds and you toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; and you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary.…
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Slightly Obsessed #072: Earthen Vessels
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves. – 2 Corinthians 4:7 We are jars of clay. Earthen vessels, cheap to make, easily breakable, disposable. At the time of Jesus’ first coming, these jars were used for…
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Slightly Obsessed #071: Heirloom
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven…
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Slightly Obsessed #070: Do You Worship the UNKNOWN GOD?
He has also set eternity in their heart: yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. – Ecclesiastes 3:11 We know it’s there. A gnawing restlessness springs from deep within man and testifies to a sobering truth: We are meant…
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Slightly Obsessed #069: Blood Moon
The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. – Joel 2:31 They predicted a bad moon rising. More specifically, a “blood moon.” I really didn’t want to awaken from a deep sleep to gaze at the skies. But I…
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Slightly Obsessed #068: The Bus to Nowhere
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. – John 10:10 Morning has broken. The day starts well enough. The earth is turning, the sun is shining, and I’m breathing. So far, so good. Then the battle begins. A stray word or a look of irritation from someone annoys me. A…
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Slightly Obsessed #067: In the Shadow of His Wings
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. – Matthew 23:37 What more vivid and tender picture of a protective momma can there be…
