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WAIT – HOLD UP A BIT
Copied and edited from my post in 2015. Everything is about the same except that my grandchildren are older. I still want to say to them, “Wait, don’t grow up yet.” There are three Bradford pear trees on a corner … Continue reading
Posted in aging, death, resurrection, time, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, death, Easter, preparation for death, Psalms 116:15, resurrection
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DEVIL’S HELLISH PLAN
“Ah-ha,” thought the devil, “I now have a plan! It will guarantee me the life of every man. This Jesus. Ha! He plans to be King. Well I know what to do that changes everything.” So he set about his … Continue reading
Posted in death, Easter, resurrection, Uncategorized
Tagged death, Easter, humor, Jesus only way, resurrection
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LIVING ON GIFTED TIME
There is a certain sense that most of us Christians have that God can call us home at any moment; however, we do not dwell on the thought. We move on and think about something else. If we have reports … Continue reading
Posted in death, length of life, SoCS, Uncategorized
Tagged death, gifted time, Jesus the Healer, life, Linda G. Hill, SoCS
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TO BE FREE
Birth brings freedom from mother’s womb. Because the tomb is empty, Death brings freedom from earth’s womb. James 4:14 “life is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away” Is this not a lovely child … Continue reading
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CYCLE OF LIFE
I wish I had been born in a culture where people refer to the Fall season as Autumn. Autumn sounds so cosmopolitan! Not Fall. Fall is a dreary name for a dreary season. All right, Ms Miserable. What’s your gripe? … Continue reading
Posted in death, Jesus only way, salvation, Uncategorized
Tagged autumn, death, death of Christians, Fall, Jesus only way, life cycle, salvation, seasons, seasons of life, spring
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SUNDAY’S SIMPLE SERMON – DOES IT MATTER?
Does it matter what I do? Perhaps we should just be dog-eat-dog? Survival of the fittest. The grave is the end. That attitude can be the cause of murder, violence, rape, and greed for those who think they can be … Continue reading
Posted in death, eternal life, Uncategorized
Tagged death, eternal life, salvation, Sunday's Simple Sermon, survival of the fittest
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EPITATH
I’ve gone Home early; I await your arrival. Smile, we’ll meet again. *************** Written for ronovan’s haiku, https://ronovanwrites.com/2021/06/07/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-361-home-and-weep/
Posted in after life, death, Heaven
Tagged after life, Christianity, death, eternal life, Heaven, salvation
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PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE, talking to God about death, part two
Several years ago I wrote a paper called “Put Me In Remembrance,” which was I was inspired to do at the bidding of Isaiah 43:26 where God said, “Put me in remembrance…..” God keeps record of my acts for him, … Continue reading
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Tagged death, eternity, fear, panic, peace about death, Put Me in Remembrance
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PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE, talking to God about death, part one
Several years ago I wrote a paper called “Put Me In Remembrance,” which was I was inspired to do at the bidding of Isaiah 43:26 where God said, “Put me in remembrance…..” God keeps record of my acts for him, … Continue reading
MENTIONING JESUS
Three things occurred yesterday which give me an urgency about this post today. An earworm of a song “You Never Mentioned Him to Me” A conversation with a friend whose grandson was killed in a car race An article from … Continue reading
Posted in death, eternal life, Jesus only way
Tagged Christianity, death, eternal life, Jesus only way
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