Category: Personal Reflections
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My Father’s Ebenezer Stones
What are Ebenezer stones? When people think of the term Ebenezer they probably think of “A Christmas Carol.” In it, Ebenezer Scrooge goes through a trying night and comes out on the other side thankful for life and for the people in it. In truth his life becomes an amazing example of what an Ebenezer…
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Storing True Treasures with The Father and the Study of Humanics
Humanics Noun the study of the nature or affairs of humankind. I was sitting on the couch holding my wife’s hand and being bounced on my my oldest two kids. I was taking a break from my job answering phones in the financial industry when this thought struck my mind. It is something Jesus said:…
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The Content of Contentedness
I was reading an article that WordPress put out about the importance of a good title… after which I wrote this down: The Content of Content Until I wrote it down, I had NO clue that the two main words of my title were spelled the same way. This presented somewhat of a conundrum, because…
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The Pearl of Great Price and The Most Important Things in Life (WordPress prompt)
What are the most important things needed to live a good life? My thoughts on this hinge on what we mean by the word good… I say this because there is some confusion over what it means…. And I want to be clear. Some of my readers may come from a religious context… some less…
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A Family of Common Trust (Acts 2:42: Part 2)
“They were devoting themselves to the teaching of the emissaries and to fellowship, to breaking bread and to prayers.”Acts 2:42 TLV They devoted themselves to the teaching of the emissaries….. or in the Greek: Apostolos, transliteration into English: Apostles. The emissaries here were 11 of the original 12 disciples of Jesus who he appointed to…
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“Prepare for Battle!”
I’ve been under attack the last few days… spiritual attack that is. Nothing in the ballpark of giant cannons… but enough to keep me contemplative… stuck in my head. Thereby this post cannot avoid being both autobiographical and perhaps dull! If you remember from a couple weeks ago we have been working on sleep training…
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Defying Materialism
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”1 John 5:21 ESV Oooo… a red Tesla. It would be nice to have a Tesla. I want it. Wait I don’t need a Red Tesla! Nor do I really want it! Immediately I realized what my mind was doing….I was striving after something and it was making me jealous…..and…
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The Kind Father and Jireh
I’m tired… oh so very tired… I let myself be worried about money yesterday… I feel distant from Abba…. I’m weary, burdened… needing rest. It’s time to get close to my Father again On my lunch break I turn on some worship music. The song Jireh by Maverick City Music came on. Perhaps you are…
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A Family of Constant Communication (Acts 2:42 Series: Part 1)
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to the prayers.” Acts 2:42 HCSB And they devoted themselves to..the prayers In a prior post I briefly highlighted what prayer is.1 put simply… prayer is talking to Jesus.. talking to God… Communication. My relationship with Jesus began…
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Wardens of the Night Watch (a.k.a Parents)
Dedicated to my Mom Is that Asher? It must be Asher… I think I heard knocking. It must be Asher. Ok! Better check what he needs. I threw on my pants and went to the door. No Asher. Then I heard Lizzie crying and saw my wife walking into the room to get her. There…
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