Category: Following Jesus
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Where I Find Everything I Need – Proverbs 4:20-23
We were minutes away from the small Christian school my children attended and where I volunteered as an aide. My kids, either lost in their books or chatting about different classmates, didn’t notice the thumping sound till I pulled our minivan off the road. As they started asking questions and I pondered our options, I…
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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…
