THEN WHAT?

A businessman vacationing in Mexico observed a fisherman bringing in his catch for the day. As the fisherman walked past him, the businessman said, “Looks like a good catch.”

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RED-SEA MOMENTS

I sat in our backyard, my face buried in my hands. I was saying goodbye to the home where our children had grown up and we had lived for seventeen years. In an effort to be good stewards, we had borrowed against our equity, but our investments went south. Now the bank was foreclosing on our loan.

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ALL IS WELL

In March 1912, three members of Robert Scott’s Antarctic expedition sat huddled in an ice hut, awaiting death. On perhaps the final day of his life, Dr. Edward Wilson wrote these words to his wife, “Don’t be unhappy… All is well… We will all meet after death, and death has no terrors.

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PEACE CHILD

Don and Carol Richardson served as missionaries in New Guinea among the Sawi people.  The couple labored to shared Christ’s love with this tribe, but the Sawis resisted the mercy of God. Their culture didn’t value this quality.

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CHOCOLATE BUNNIES

The door flew open, and I dashed into the living room—not quite with the thrill of Christmas morning, but excited to see what the Easter Bunny had left. Then I spied my Easter basket, the contents immersed in pink plastic grass: marshmallow chicks, jellybeans, and egg-shaped malt balls. But crowning it all, the queen mother of Easter delights: a chocolate bunny.

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A CRYING GOD

Ever been required to memorize a Bible verse? Hope you didn’t attempt Esther 8:9. It’s the longest verse in the Bible. Instead, I recommend John 11:35, “Jesus wept,” for obvious reasons. It’s the shortest verse in the Bible. Yet packed in those two words, are some of the most meaningful thoughts in scripture. Because it shows how God responds to our grief.

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SPECIAL UPDATE: THE PERFECT SAVIOR

Just when we think all is right with the world, the devil messes things up! For whatever reason, something’s not working properly with Amazon, in terms of ordering “The Perfect Savior.” I don’t know the problem, but here’s a solution. You can order directly from the publisher, Our Daily Bread, and it actually costs less!

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