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As part of Gutenberg.org’s collection of books out of copyright, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite books! I have listened this book many times over, and just love it. I’m not sure exactly where I came across it, or why I decided to read it, but I’m so glad I did.Continue reading “The Count of Monte Cristo”

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozenContinue reading “Stopping by Woods”

This is an example of how reading the BLOG of a brother in Christ inspires. To quote: “…God is not interested in obedience for obedience’s sake, but for relationship’s sake” So wonderful ! It brought, 1 Samuel 30:8, back to my mind. I was reading through 1 Samuel, and it felt so good to beContinue reading “David’s Refuge”

To use a biblical turn of phrase, “the time is coming and now is” That knowing his voice, hearing his word, is more crucial than ever. My response to Ken’s BLOG is a rustling wind in my spirit. Erupting into inspiration that quickly engulfs me in passionate flames, and has me searching for a boxContinue reading “Not Fear”

1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” Isaiah 8:12 “Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.”

Wisdom from the Spirit 6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None ofContinue reading “1 Corinthians 2:6-16”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: For the Church, the world and all its vices belong to the past. It has broken off all contact with those that do such things, and it is its duty always to shun them. (I Cor 5:9ff) For “what communion hat light with darkness?” (II Cor 6:14ff) In the world there areContinue reading “Fruit unbeknown . . .”

1 Samuel 30 David’s Wives Are Captured Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire 2 and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small andContinue reading “1 Samuel 30:8”

John 15:16 The Vine and the Branches 1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the wordContinue reading “John 15:16”