Tag Archives: love

August Morning

Such dews as this

seem to come only in the heat of summer,
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The Creek Spring

Love held too long inside, like water stored too long in an old barrel, becomes something other than what was given. Something not to be shared. We are meant to be springs, not cisterns. Continue reading

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Closer Than We Thought

When we have a direct connection to those whose lives have been touched by some tragedy, our response, both emotionally and physically is very different. Continue reading

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Cedar Blossoms

If you imagined three or four very small starfish kind of melted together in the center with soft, rusty orange spikes radiating outward, you’d have a general idea. Continue reading

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Warm Comfort

But the call of love, the call of Christ, the call of service, often moves us beyond the comfortable. Continue reading

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Good Help

Yes, love takes a thousand forms. But it must take form of some kind. Love unshown is love unknown. Continue reading

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Prayer for Today

May your faith be replenished
by him who does not waver.
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Prisoners of Love

Love delivered in some way other than according to the fantasy of the individual is not accepted, enjoyed or even acknowledged. Continue reading

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Moonshiners, Rumrunners and Bootleggers

It is he who has shown us that he brought us freedom so that we might reveal that true greatness is demonstrated when we willingly serve one another in love.

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Signs of the Lack of Time

But eventually, everything not cared for, not attended to, not nourished, shows the signs of lack.
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