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Tulips

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”  Matthew 5:7 Mercy is pure mystery.  If grace is the place where God’s love and justice meet, then mercy is the medium that transforms our lives into offerings pleasing to the Father.  He is the Master Artist, our Father God… and with mercy, He molds [...]

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FARM plus Dec.2010

Oh my goodness, here I am again peering out the window on the door by my computer desk; this is my favorite spot in the house.  The sun is beaming long, streaking fingers through the dark, roof scraping angry clouds that are still hanging around in the west.  It looks as though we may have [...]

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Cross victorious

Her eyes search the crowd. She wonders at the way they follow casually, some eating chunks of bread, some laughing at a newly told joke, some gossiping about the man and his miracles like he is a million miles away instead of right within their midst. Have they not heard? Have they not seen? Can [...]

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Clouds 2

She holds hope steady, most days, careful with every step.  She keeps it close, far from eyes that would condescend, words that would weaken the flame of maybe… of some day.  For she is the story heard too many times.  Sympathy runs out, she has learned, and the hopeless are pushed aside. It is too [...]

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cross - cloud blue

By Shenay Shumake I was five years old when I fell in love with Christmas.  It was the first time I can recall ever watching A Charlie Brown Christmas.  I sat cross legged in my living room, cotton flannel nightgown and head turned sideways staring at the big screen in front of me. I was [...]

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Lavender Rose

As most of us have experienced occasionally, after having read an interesting book or story, we stumble upon a “follow up” and it is more like an afterthought ~ a slight taste, but not as pungent as the first one.  There are risks in writing a part two, a continuation, or a sequel.  I wanted [...]

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