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Guide and Friend
Acacia trees dotted the grassy plains as far as I could see. Our Maasai guide, Jacob, explained that the 580 square mile preserve is named the Maasai Mara Preserve in honor of his people who have called the area home for centuries and for the spotted look of the plains from the trees and shrubs. […]
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Africa’s Splendor…Day 2
Today, we will spend some time with Lions and Cheetahs….the glory of God in nature.
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A Blessed Easter!
The sun always rises. Slowly. Quietly. Sometimes amidst rain. Sometimes amidst wind. Sometimes covered by clouds. But slowly, quietly, the sun always rises and shatters the darkness. God always comes to us. Sometimes quietly. Other times through a cacophony of unexpected events and “life turned upside down” experiences that stop us in our tracks. But […]
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God’s Glorious Contrary Ways
Who’d ever put treasure in frail jars of clay? Come to us in our failure not strength, Choose the weakest and least, The discarded, not kings, Recruit from the gutter for His family? Who’d take objects of scorn: Vile cross, crown of thorns, And die to slay death, Conquer hell, sin and grave? Who’d pick […]
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Light Always Breaks Through
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139: 11&12 Today is Good Friday, the day on which we remember the crucifixion of […]
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Maundy Thursday
What is Jesus dying for? “Doesn’t anyone want to listen to my story?” If we do listen, If we do hear, Our hearts break at His sacrifice at how disappointed He must be at how our deafness binds us. If we do listen, If we do hear, Grace and courage might save us. […]
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One of those places…
This is a picture of my silhouette at West Lake in Hangzhou, China. For many, this is a place on their bucket list and is listed in the book, A 1,000 Places to see Before you Die. For many centuries, this lake has inspired a nation and many artists and poets have created masterworks with the […]
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From the Cocoon
Kintsugi: “The art of precious scars” Kin = Golden Tsugi = Joinery I was doubly blest recently not only to have attended the Marble Women’s Retreat, but also to have shared that powerful weekend with my mother. She happens to be a talented quilter with a vision for truth. At the retreat, I had […]
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Rainbow…
12 God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth […]
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Beauty….
It takes shadow and glorious light to create beauty in life. You are beauty. Shared by Susan Ceely-Phillips