Lines galore. Some smiles; some frowns. Pushing and shoving and arguing over who will get that last cheap gadget from the shelf. Exploding wallets leaking useful resources into sewage spills of waste. Within hours of using for the first time the novelty wears off and it is left to collect dust or head to the landfill or counted as a tax deduction on Schedule A. Really? The International Mission Board has this list of areas around the world of people groups that have no clue that salvation can be theirs. Take a look at this massive list. http://public.imb.org/globalresearch/Documents/GSEC2016-09/2016-09_GSEC_Listing_of_Unengaged_Unreached_People_Groups.xls This is…
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Waiting. Waiting for the doctor. Waiting for results from the hole poked in my chest. Waiting to know what will be my next course of action. Will the results change what will be happening over the future of me? Will I still run with endurance the race set before me? Or will I collapse into a heap of senselessness? I waited with my mama almost six years ago. Waited on results from holes poked in her body and bones. How did she face it? I sat in the room with her. Did she hold in emotion for the protection of her child? She faced it…
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Is it in that picture hung on the freshly painted wall? Or is it in that work project that seemed to take forever but is done? Is it that clean sink just scrubbed to look like new? Is it crossing a finish line in a much anticipated race? Perhaps it is found in that prized car so desperately longed for. Or in the face of a newborn child? Maybe it is in that newly wed spouse or the one that has been around for decades now. Is it the house? The sunrise? The sunset? A fresh bouquet of flowers? That…