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{Free [free], Full [fool], Alive [uh-lahyv]}
Brutal stuffing, vigorous jumping, a few body slams, and finally the last inch of the zipper. The packing process is pretty intense for me. At times I feel like my suitcase is groaning from inside. (And just think, what if somebody body slammed you after Thanksgiving dinner…I am so sorry, my dear suitcase.) By the time we get home it’s about to explode, and that’s exactly what happens — clothes, brushes, papers, a few random objects everywhere, it’s great. Simple phrases are the greatest suitcases. One of the talks Louie Giglio gave at PASSION2011 focused on the phrase: “Free and Fully Alive”. The main point being that it’s possible to be free…
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Hi, my name is Grace
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” Proverbs 1:7 Father, grow a fear of reverence and understanding in me of who you are. Who am I talking to right now? Do I realize who you are in the slightest? God. The creator of heaven, earth and hell. Who chooses death or life for each person yet grants then free will to choose. Savior. Omnipresent in everything. All things are held together by you, to the very molecule. You hold the oceans in jars. You spoke the world into motion. Your universe has no known end. Your love is unending, infinite. You are infinite. You are there, everywhere,…
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New.
What a word in three letters. Just think about it… We are infatuated with N-E-W — seriously, look at ourselves. We get a new sparkling car, or a new pair of white shoes, a clean, new coffee mug, etc. and we love it, it is exciting, it brings us happiness, we focus on it, gawk at it, think about it… It’s truly great. Most everyone would agree — look at the world around us wanting new everything in everyway. I must say I am one of them. I love new! Just the feeling and the thought of new — of sparkling, white, clean new — excites me! Yet, there’s always…
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Wave
The ocean amazes me, and when I say amazes I mean AMAZES. The first time I saw it this summer I seriously stood at its shore for a good half hour in pure awe saying, “God you are amazing…whoa.” Just think, when I looked across I was looking at another continent… technically. That’s nuts! This huge creation pulled me like a magnet. I stepped foot in it almost everyday this summer, ran barefoot along its beach, almost died in it multiple times (disregard this Mom), saw animals big and small…brought home a couple (RIP Jeff the hermit crab), and took home enough shells to fill a bucket. Yet, the thing…
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A Wonder
Look around you…………………………… Amazing huh? Just think of the intricate simplicity of the world around you. My heart can do nothing but leap with joy and wonder and awe when I truly take a look around. It’s living, breathing, miraculous! The tree outside my window — this magnificent and tall, living, growing piece of wood that came from the tiniest little seed that somehow grew from the dark underground! Enduring seasons and time. And then it’s leaves –pick one off and look at it, now take a good close look… can you see the stem branching out into veins, the vibrant color it has, the individual cells each containing nuclei…
