We Are Adrift

Lurking in a Fridge Near You

Psalm 19:12 - How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. (NLT)Opening the refrigerator, I was not expecting to be met with an overturned jar of beet root -- yes, beet root -- the kind packed in vinegar. The shelf was stained...

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First Time for Everything

Psalm 30:12 - To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever. (NKJV)I am sure that we have heard it before: "There is a first time for everything." Locking keys in the car fits into this category, as...

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Down the Yellow Line

Isaiah 43:16 - Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the mighty waters. (NKJV)The best decision would have been to stay home, but the young tend to think they're invincible. This was our thinking, when with friends, I found myself...

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Clean Window

Hebrews 10:17 - He concludes, I'll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins. (MSG)Each morning as I watched from the balcony, a man would come out and clean his window with a cloth and Windex. Why was this so interesting? We had not had any rain, it had been sunny...

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Be Still

Living in an area that is blessed with lots of trees and open space, we are also subject to many squirrels running through the neighbourhood. One day, as I was driving, I had to apply the brakes -- not once but three times -- for these little fellows, and all within a...

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Digging a Bit Deeper

John 17:26 - And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. (NKJV)My husband and boys decided to put in a sprinkler system for the front lawn. It would come on and water on our...

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