Month: April 2023

Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this. Revelation 4:1 A couple days ago, I woke up absolutely convinced that I understood time travel. In the dream from which I’d just awakened, my wife from three days in the future used a time machine to travel back to the…
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The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. Revelation 3:21 I recently hiked in the mountains of the Southwest with my wife and nieces. I love hiking, but it’s not something I’ve done for a…
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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20 I’ve often heard my wife lament a messy house, wishing that once she cleaned, it would just remain clean on its own.…
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Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Revelation 3:19 Years ago, I used to do the polar bear plunge every January – a fundraiser where they cut a big hole in the ice and you jump in, simply to prove you can do it. It’s a lot of fun,…
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Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Revelation 3:19 I still spend part of my week working in Urgent Care, where a sore throat is a common complaint. Often, we must perform a swab to determine if that sore throat is caused by strep. Kids don’t like this –…
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I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Revelation 3:18 While working on recovery from my…
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For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. Revelation 3:17 Upon leaving residency, I began my job hunt, traveling and doing interviews. The one that stands out in my memory is for the job that I eventually accepted. The…
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I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. Revelation 3:15 I love coffee. Every morning, as I get up early to spend my time with God, I…
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The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven,…
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Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.  Revelation 3:11 I have several lessons that I apparently must learn repeatedly. Maybe I’m thick in the head or maybe I’m just stubborn, but either way, I’ve been slow to learn today’s lesson. This is one of those topics that I’ve blogged…
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