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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Treacherous Times
As I was turning the four-wheel drive pickup truck around, it just started sliding sideways down the slope toward the east pasture. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged danger, driving on ice, falling, packed snow, slick roads, snares, temptation, testing
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Professional Distinctions
Throughout this entire winter season, none of the predicted snowfalls have matched the hype of the media or the forecast of the Weather Service. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged forecast, modern prophets, prediction, prophecy, prophets, snow, winter storm
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Tough Choices
Normally, in remodeling an old house, I like to keep the wood trim more focused on being wood than trim. I prefer mellow stain tones that “pull the grain” and a subtle rubbed effect finish. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged old houses, painting, primer, refinishing, staining wood, varnish, wood trim
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Come, O Come, Thou Storm of Blessing
I’ve even heard it said that depression is the exaggerated distance between how you perceive things to be and how you wish they were. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged blessings, depression, drought, instruction from the Lord, rain, snow, winter storm
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Broken Voices
I found her abandoned on a gravel road about three miles away from here. She was around four or five weeks old, her eyes still blue. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged adoption, kitten, pets, singing, stray cat, strays, voices
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Dodging the Wind
I rather prefer a temperature of around seventy-eight or so, with a light breeze if I’m working outside and no breeze if I’m doing something important, like sitting in a lawn chair sipping a glass of sweet tea. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged attitude, cold, positiveness, wind chill
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Evening Feeding
Walking down to the hay barn
in the late light of ending day,
I see soft streaks of color,
strokes of lavender and pink
left above the sinking sun,
Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
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Tagged alfalfa, brome, chores, duty, feeding horses, hay, life, responsibility, timothy
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A Passing in the Night
A dusting of snow
glows on the grass
beneath the light
mounted on the pole
in the neighbor’s yard. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged death, dying, elderly, night, passing away, snow
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Matters of the Heart
I remember Valentine’s Days as a kid at Trenton Elementary School back in the middle years of a previous century. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged candy, childhood, gifts, romance, Valentine, Valentine's Day
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Invocation of Blessing
to forgive fervently
and adore all that is pure and good,
to walk quietly in the midst of turmoil Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged attitude, blessing, choice, consequence, good will, philosophy
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Reflections by Doc Arnett 