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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Tall Grass
While Grandpa shoveled out a trench for the foundation block, Susan sang and painted in the shade of a pine tree. Daniel went to sleep, soothed by the sounds and motions of his mother’s nearness.
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Posted in Christian Living, Family, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
Tagged building, daughter, grandson, mowing grass, painting, working
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Getting There
There is something about a happy baby that draws attention and touches people. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Family, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged bonding, children, daughter, grandchildren, happy baby, visits
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Come On In
Our friend, Jesus, is no less eager to receive us as his guests. No matter how late it is. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged customer service, eating out, fellowship, friendship, hospitality, Jesus, restaurants, visiting
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Here It Comes
It may be that today’s heat index will indeed reach the projected one-hundred-and-twelve degree mark. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
Tagged endurance, heat, heat index, humidity, hydration, prayer, preparation, strength, summer
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Rest from the Storm
Sometimes the Lord brings us refreshing in the midst of our labors and sometimes we have to work on in the drenching sweat and sapping heat. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
Tagged heat, horse shed, refreshing, rest, roofing, shingles, storms
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Long Day
By the time we’d worked fifteen minutes, I was drenched with sweat. Even with the sun down, the heat index was in the mid-nineties. Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Contemplation, Work
Tagged Abraham's bosom, heat, heat index, Jesus' return, labor, paradise, rest, sweat, work
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Finishing Work
when the nature of Jesus has become our own nature, others will have greater difficulty finding the seams between what we are and what we believe. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
Tagged drywall finishing, fruit of the Spirit, improvement, practice, qualities, remodeling, sheetrock
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Truth and Beauty
Apparently, Randa and I are now feeding approximately half of the hummingbird population in northwest Missouri. Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged beauty, birds, feeding hummingbirds, hummingbird moth, hummingbirds, truth
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Promise in the Clouds
There are wonders beyond our explanation that though inexplicable can yet be definitely experienced or otherwise witnessed. Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged beauty, colors, nature, phenomenon, prism, rain, rainbow, wonders
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Beyond the Struggle
I sometimes struggle to release myself from my own plans and believe that he has included me in his. Beyond that struggle lies the place where peace passes understanding and where I can live the abundant life.
Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged calm, confidence, faith, God's care, hope, peace, reassurance, trust
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Reflections by Doc Arnett 