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CHOMP, CHOMP

2/24/2021

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​                                                      CHOMP, CHOMP


                                            "And I will restore to you 
                                            the years that the locust hath eaten."
                                            (Joel 2:25)

                                            Few of us escape having many of our
                                            years ingested by these destructive
                                            and devastating predators.  And, there
                                            are so many of them.  For instance...

                                            The locust of the liver (otherwise 
                                            known as alcoholic ridiculous)
                                            The locust of the lung (smokus pocus)
                                            The locust of the liabilities (greatus debtus)
                                            The locust of licentiousness (mulsti lusti)
                                            And, perhaps the greatest locust of them all...
                                            The locust of lack...
                                            Lack of purpose
                                            Lack of direction
                                            Lack of determination
                                            Lack of consistency
                                            Lack of hope
                                            Lack of love

                                            The locusts have taken their toll,
                                            but the promises of the Lord are true...
                                            He shall restore our years.
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LIZ AND I  647

2/24/2021

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                                      LIZ AND I  647 

    A few days ago, Billy (almost 10) and Matt (almost 8)
    went to a Cub Scout day camp. While there, Billy
    captured Liz the lizard and brought her home.

    A few nights later, after all the children were
    supposedly in bed, Billy came down and reported that
    Liz was lost, no longer to be found in her glass container.

    On the way up to Billy's room, I said a quick 
    prayer, asking Heavenly Father to help find Liz. We
    pulled the bureau from the wall...no Liz. Then, I picked
    up the grass in Billy's leftover Easter Basket and shook
    it. Plop! Out fell the Liz onto the bureau.

   So, old dad was the hero of the night. But, he also
   let his family know that the happy ending was a direct
   result of a simple prayer to a loving God who cares and
​   is concerned...even about the "little things" in life.


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ALL SHALL BE WELL 637

2/24/2021

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                     All Shall Be Well 637

                              When He whispers
                       Listen

                       When He calls
                       Come

                       When He pardons
                       Praise

                       When he commands
                       Obey

                       When he conquers
                       Rejoice

                       When he leads
                       Follow

                       When He inspires
                       Testify

                       Then, all shall be well
                       Within thine home

                       (Frist published on June 28, 1979)
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LIBERTY 642

2/19/2021

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                                              LIBERTY 642
                          
       "Proclaim Liberty throughout the land unto all the
       inhabitants thereof." (Leviticus 20:10)
   
       Liberty give us the privilege of booing the
       umpire...even when he's right.

       Liberty permits us to travel from town to town
       and state to state...without unwarranted search
       or seizure.

       Liberty lets us all call the president a crook...and
       boot him out of office if he is one.
 
       Liberty provides us with the opportunity to achieve
       and become what we will...so long as we do not infringe
       upon the rights of others.

       "Life, liberty and the pursuit if happiness"...But
       the greatest of these...is liberty.

       (First published July 10,1979)
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MIRROR, MIRROR

2/15/2021

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                                                            MIRROR, MIRROR                 
                                                

                                "The world is a looking glass,"
                                    wrote William Thackeray, "and gives
                                    back to every man the reflection of 
                                    his own face."

                                   "Frown at it and it will in turn look
                                   sourly upon you; laugh at it and 
                                   with it, and it is a jolly kind of 
                                   companion."

                                   When we awakened this morning,
                                   what did we see as we peered into
                                   our mirrors? 

                                  Did we see a kindly face or an angry one...
                                  A sweet countenance or a bitter one...
                                  A faith-filled figure or a discouraged one...

                                  While the world may be our outward looking
                                  looking glass, our own faces may become
                                  reflecting glasses for the inward thoughts
                                  of our minds and hearts.

                                  Ah, mirror, mirror, on the wall, who really is
                                  the fairest of us all, after all?

                                  (First published February 16, 2013,
                                  with revisions on February 15, 2021)


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NO MATTER HOW DARK THE DAY 660

2/6/2021

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​     NO MATTER HOW DARK THE DAY  660

    No matter how dark the day
    There is a Will
    There is a Way

    No matter how dark the hour
    There is a Spirit
    There is a Power

    No matter how dark the night
    There is a Star

    There is a light 

    No matter how dark the place
    There is a Savior
    There is Grace.

    No matter how dark the path trod
    There is a Deliverer
    There is God.
    
    (First published on August  21.1979,
    with revisions on February 15, 2021)
     


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AS OUR SOUL PANTETH AFTER THEE 659

2/6/2021

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     AS OUR SOUL PANETH AFTER THEE 659

    "As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
    so panteth my soul after thee, O God." (Psalm 42:1)

    Awhile back
    We were hurting, Lord
    And we were searching
    For thy cool, rippling stream
    That would quench our thirst
    And lead us and show us the way
    We drank heartedly and were filled
    And yet, almost immediately,
    We sensed we could not receive
    Enough of thee
    So we are thirsty still
    And our hearts panteth unceasingly
    For thy living water
    As our dry souls
    Longingly follow
    After thee.
   
​    (Thank thee, O Lord,
    for thy living water.)

    (First published on August 19, 1979,
    with revisions on February 15, 2021)

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LIBERTY  642

2/6/2021

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                             LIBERTY 642
                          
       "Proclaim Liberty throughout the land unto all the
       inhabitants thereof." (Leviticus 20:10)
   
       Liberty give us the privilege of booing the
       umpire...even when he's right.

       Liberty permits us to travel from town to town
       and state to state...without unwarranted search
       or seizure.

       Liberty lets us all call the president a crook...and
       boot him out of office if he is one.
 
       Liberty provides us with the opportunity to achieve
       and become what we will...so long as we do not infringe
       upon the rights of others.

       "Life, liberty and the pursuit if happiness"...But
       the greatest of these...is liberty.

       (First published July 10,1979)
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LORD OF ALL

2/4/2021

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                                                                   LORD OF ALL 

                              "In certain trying circumstances, urgent
                              circumstances, desperate circumstances," 

                              wrote Mark Twain, "profanity furnishes 
                              a relief denied even in prayer."

                              We'd like to paraphrase and re-arrange Mr. 

                              Twain's remarks just slightly, if we could.
                              (It's a good thing Mr. Twain has passed on, 

                              or he probably would have objected to any 
                              re-arrangement of his words laced with a
                              little profanity.)

                              

                              From a Christian viewpoint, we think that
                              the following would be much more appropriate...
                              "In even the most trying of circumstances,
                              prayer furnishes a relief usually denied by
                              profanity."

                              When you are discouraging
                              And your patience flies away
                              And your troubles drive you
                              To your knees
                              Don't bother getting up too soon
                              Just remain awhile and pray.

                              Carry all your burdens
                              Whether great or small
                              To Him who always listens
                              And answers every call.
                              And you will soon discover
                              That He is Lord of all.
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HE CARETH FOR YOU  653

2/4/2021

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                                       HE CARETH FOR YOU 653
    
                   "As you thinketh, in your heart, so are you."
                   (Proverbs 23:7 Paraphrased)

                   "Very little is needed to make a happy life.
                   It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."
                   (Marcus Aurelius)

                   "Most people are about as happy as they
                   make up their minds to be."
                   (Abraham Lincoln)

                   This is the day to be happy, for yesterday has
                   long vanished from our view, and tomorrow has not
                   yet arrived.

​                   Try, if you will, each morning, to commit your
                   total life into the keeping of God, trusting him
                   to do His best for you, for you are his child
                   and He loves you very much. He will straighten
                   out your thinkin and give you a new heart, everyday,
                   if you ask him. For He careth for you.

                   (Firet published on August 5, 1979)

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