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On the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day. . . . Genesis 2:2 I do not sit still or rest well. I prefer to do, so, when I found myself in the dentist’s chair yesterday, unable to speak or move, I began writing today’s…
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Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Genesis does not explicitly describe what attributes man was given that bore the likeness of God, so there is some room here for interpretation. In the context of previous verse, God made the beasts of the earth (v. 25), it…
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Genesis 1:5 There was evening and there was morning, the first day. When I was four or five, my grandparents took my siblings and me on a drive, just down the road. I should have known, when we all piled in the RV, that this was no short trip. My grandparents felt it was better…
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God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. Genesis 1:3  I love waking up before dawn to watch the world grow light. I would like to have been there on that first dawn, when the first star’s light…
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Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.  The general theory of relativity, science’s prevailing model for describing the origin of the universe, describes an initial singularity, which contained all the mass, energy, space and time of the universe, compressed into an infinitely dense, small point. Then, at the moment of…
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James 1:19 Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Under the influence of chemicals, my thinking became warped. Not only did I justify my toxic behavior, but my interpersonal relationships were poisoned as well. I was not…
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Hebrews 6:7 Land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. A man once told me that he had been trying (and failing) too hard to grow spiritually. He realized that he could not do…
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Hebrew 6:4-6 It is impossible, in the case of those who have . . . shared in the Holy Spirit . . . then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance . . . When I was seven or eight, my older cousins visited. The adults went out for supper with strict instructions…
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Hebrews 5:12-14 You need milk, not solid food . . . But solid food is for the mature . . . With my kids in high school, I am frequently reminded that their time under my roof is drawing short. Though this saddens me, I am happy they will someday leave, not because I want…
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Hebrews 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace . . . My family recently attended a professional sporting event where we were required to pass through security before entering. Purses were not allowed into the venue, so at the gate, there…
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