Category: Following Jesus
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What if I’m Too Old?- Isaiah 46:3-11
Nurse Doris lost her patience with me as I counted the pills and placed them in tiny plastic bags. We were working in a bush clinic made of straw bales and thatch, and though I wanted to be helpful I struggled to understand her unfamiliar pronunciations of the medications we dispensed. I was especially intimidated…
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When I was the Stranger to Avoid
Why should she be suspicious of me? Can’t she tell by looking that I’m a good person and only want to help? And who pinned a BEWARE OF THE STRANGER sign on my shirt? How quickly I forgot that earning trust is work. As I searched for mushrooms in a crowded produce department last year, I maneuvered…
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How to Fall Sleep Anywhere, or Not – Psalm 4:8
Don’t expect me to fall sleep in public. Before our trip to Zambia I stayed up all night mending clothes and packing, convinced I would have no trouble sleeping on the twelve-hour flight across the Atlantic. But, you guessed it, sleep never came. On another trip I had the same problem. After flying into Delhi on a…
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God Shows His Delight in Us – Zephaniah 3:16-17
My grandchildren have great radar, and it’s not because I carry candy in my purse. They are genuinely delighted to see me when I walk into church. Nothing is sweeter than hearing them holler “Grandma!” and come running to wrap their arms around me. We should call out to God like that Some people don’t have the…
