Posted in heaven on May 18th, 2011
When I was a kid, someone told me that the stars were actually pinpricks in the bottom of heaven.
That’s why they brightly sparkle, the explanation went. They are glimpses of heaven’s light.
I’ve since learned about the reality of stars in an astronomy sense, yet the idea of heaven’s light sparkling in the darkness still [...]
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Posted in heaven on May 12th, 2011
It’s a difficult time for my immediate and extended families just now.
My mother is very close to death in a Seymour, Indiana hospital.
Thankfully, she’s sedated and is feeling no pain.
After having had a multi-year struggle with diminishing health, this morphine-induced sleep is a blessing that will continue until she wakes up in the presence of [...]
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Posted in heaven on Apr 7th, 2011
Imagine that a low-income parent and her college-educated, designer clothes-wearing young adult daughter were walking through a mall in a large city when some of the child’s friends approached her.
Now imagine how the mother would feel if her daughter ignored her and didn’t introduce her to the friends because of embarrassment over the [...]
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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click Better than expected
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It’s really a good thing when somebody says he or she is preparing a nice meal for you and that you should be at his or her place at a certain time.
Not having to cook is good.
Not having to clean up is even better.
Knowing that [...]
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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click  Overwhelmed
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For the queen of Sheba to have been overwhelmed, Solomon’s wisdom and wealth must have been beyond comprehension.
In 2 Chronicles 9, the story is given of the queen’s visit to Solomon. She and a large entourage came to Jerusalem because she wanted to see if the fantastic [...]
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