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Not Any, Not All

None of it compares
to the glory

that shall be revealed
in us.

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Precious Memories

I doubt that we have any notion at all of how many times we have been lifted up in his arms, how often he has tenderly closed his eyes and drawn us close, delighting in the closeness and aching for the day when we will see him as he is. Continue reading

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A Slow Planting

This body is not the substance of our immortality but is rather its seed. And no seed can bear its fruit until it has been planted. Continue reading

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Witness in the Storm

Somewhere in the storm, lightning flashed, again and again and again, sending great surges of diffuse light, muffled and muted by the layers of rain and cloud. Continue reading

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A Good Planting

A few of us linger for a while,
near the grave,
waiting in the shade of hickory and oak,
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