spiritual growth
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“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near.”—Mark 13:28 It may not be summer yet, but summer is coming. A change of season is always on the way. While we do not want to spend our lives jumping ahead…
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“The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.” – Numbers 13:24 When the spies returned to the camp of the Israelites in the desert, they did not come with empty hands. They had gathered specimens of fruits of Canaan to show the bounty of the land that God…
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Are You Optimistic? The Online Etymology Dictionary is my friend. It often confirms my quasi-informed suspicions about words and their origins—including the word optimism. When I say that I am optimistic, I want to know whether what I think I mean is what I am actually saying. The word came into English through the French…
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“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.”— 1 Corinthians 3:6 Some work is too important to be measured by our own harvest. That thought has been following me through several reflections lately. I have been thinking about trees we plant but may never sit under, seeds we sow but may never see sprout,…
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