If Jesus Had Not Been Born in Me By Cate Morris (c) November 2012 Forged entirely by my pain, All things loss, and nothing gained, Grasping in a world insane, That’s where I would be. Becoming foolish as I grew, Spurning grace I saw in You. Painting life in colors cruel If my […]
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The untimely, and unforeseen death of a friend this past week has given my heart time to reflect, and somehow writing it out puts some purpose to the sadness. God uses moments like these in my life to cause me to step back and take stock of my life and the lives of those around
Our community is suffering a tremendous sadness today due to the untimely death of a young student via suicide. There are no words to express the deep grief, sadness, and pain that his family is feeling at his loss, and the deep sorrow that sweeps over our youth who were his friends and peers. The
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This morning my youngest daughter and I were memorizing some scriptures before school. A few days ago, she had confided in me that she has a real strong fear of the dark, and gets scared whenever she has to walk somewhere by herself. I was just like her as a girl–all the way into
I drive an automatic vehicle, and I find that I don’t usually think about the gears I pass through to accelerate, or decelerate as I am driving. The vehicle does it for me automatically, and I am mostly responsible to just add gas or brakes as needed, but that all changed when we moved to a
In this world of quotes and quips posted quickly on Facebook out of context, it is interesting to see how one tries to derive the actual meaning of what is said. Often a quote is interpreted by the life experience of the one reading it, if there is no supporting sentences to direct the reader
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I have heard the phrase “leave a place better than you found it” and have attempted to make it a motto for places I go and relationships I have, and over the years there are a few fundamentals I have learned that take this motto a step further. I speak as one who feels like
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David was anointed to be the King of Israel when he was a young boy. The promise of his destiny and his reign was etched into his life from his youth and carried for years of disappointment, frustration, and confusion. I wonder how David must have felt when the prophet Samuel came to the house
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Some dear friends of ours who were missionaries in Papua New Guinea for over 30 years were sharing a story with us one day about some of the frustrations they had in the village where they served. These friends were sent by New Tribes Missions, into a small village in a remote part of the
I was thinking today about another story from my life here in Alaska and thought I would add it to the “My Life in Chapters” portion of my blog site. I hope you enjoy. I was nine months pregnant and one week away from my due date with our third child in May of 2002.