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Hidden with Purpose
It’s hard to believe that ten months have passed since I held my mother’s hand and watched her slip into eternity after battling Lung Cancer for nineteen months. It is equally as difficult to believe that it’s been eight months … Continue reading
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Like a Tree
Fifty years ago, Katy, Texas was a small rice farming community seated in the middle of raw prairie land and rice fields. The family home of my childhood was built on a piece of this bare treeless prairie, in north … Continue reading
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The Perfect Storm
Rain has poured steadily for hours. I sit in my chair looking out of the window watching water pour off the roof of the house. Reports of local flooding continue to flash on the television. Video clips on the news … Continue reading
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The Last Round Up
My alarm sounded at 5:15am. I turned over and silenced it with a determined push of my finger. This day seemed in the distant future a month ago and had arrived much too quickly. I lay in bed for a … Continue reading
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Linear Verses Circular
I grew up in rural Katy, Texas. My parents have lived in the same house for forty-eight years where they raised my sister, brother and me. Just a mile down the street is the old VFW Park. During my glorious … Continue reading
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The Roots of My Raising Run Deep
I find it interesting the different ways that the Lord speaks to us as individuals. Either through scripture, other people, a song, or circumstance, He finds a way to whisper His greatness into our lives. The God of the universe … Continue reading
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The Same Kind of Sufferance As Me
I found myself yesterday for over 12 hours in the emergency room at the world-renowned MD Anderson Cancer Hospital with my mom who was diagnosed with cancer last spring. Because of the Christmas holiday season, the hospital was at 103 percent … Continue reading
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The Pasture
A five hundred acre parcel of land on the west side of our small home town was leased from the local family doctor for a cattle operation, based on a strong, callused hand shake and the binding word of my … Continue reading
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His Sparrow
Luke 12:6-7 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. … Continue reading
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Count Down to Colombia
In two days, on June 23, a group of twenty will embark on a trip to Medellin, Colombia where we will minister to street children as well as families in a particular neighborhood of the city. Of the twenty people … Continue reading
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