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January 19, 2024

A Fruitful Vine

One sunny morning I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping. I looked out my window and saw that it was the long tendrils of my passion fruit plant that...

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January 18, 2024

Giving It to God

After I learned that I had torn my other ACL, my spirits sank. I had just recovered from the same injury to my other knee eight months prior, and now I...

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January 17, 2024

God’s Protection

My wife and I operate a small farm. One evening, we were away from home when we received a call from our neighbor who told us that one of our cows...

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January 16, 2024

God’s Comfort

One dark, frosty morning my mother called and asked me to come help her and my father because she was experiencing dizziness and vomiting. When I heard her feeble voice, my...

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January 15, 2024

Working for the Lord

Preparing to graduate from university and commissioned as a military intelligence officer in the United States Army, I envisioned a highly successful career in the armed forces. I experienced health issues...

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January 14, 2024

Behind and Ahead

I am facing south on a long, narrow strip of land that is nearly at the southernmost point of Africa. Sometimes it is calm and beautiful at Cape Point, but today...

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January 13, 2024

Making Time

At our mountain cabin, nestled among the quaking aspen, we have a small pond. Every summer a family of ducks with several ducklings nests in the pond’s cattails, and we spend...

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January 12, 2024

God’s Renewing Power

One day, I looked across a valley and saw a garden of maize. I wondered why the garden had been planted in such a hot, sandy, and dry place. I was...

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January 11, 2024

Love One Another

My day started with hurt and irritation from a friend’s critical remarks. While I ran errands my anger grew, and I began to develop a grudge. The grocery store parking lot...

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January 10, 2024

Before We Ask

As I write, my beloved wife is undergoing her seventh surgery for breast cancer in just over three years. She has also endured 13 months of chemotherapy. After checking in at...

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