Borrowed Breath

“Faith never knows where it is being led;
     it knows and loves the one who is leading.”
     -Oswald Chambers from Not Knowing Where page 12

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I read Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis when it first came out. But my friend Dan Fisher just hooked me up with the audio version, read by Rob, which I am listening to in my car and thoroughly enjoying.
 
Here’s a great quote. Rob is writing about how everyone, including atheists, believe in something. Everyone is following […]

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Well, we arrived safely home last night from Arizona.
We had a wonderful time with family, but it is good to be home.

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Do you know anyone who has a servant’s heart? They will go out of their way, it seems, to serve others, to think of others first. Do you know anyone like that? Now if they asked a favor of you, are you more or less prone to go the extra step to make sure they […]

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Last night, we celebrated a late Christmas with Michelle’s family in Arizona.

From left to right, little Ella (Michelle’s niece) with Michelle’s sister Beth, her dad Tom, sisters Nicole and Lauren, her stepmom Cindy, her handsome husband, and the lovely Michelle Manthey.
We will be returning to PA on Sunday.

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Well, we are safely in Arizona.  It’s actually chilly out here.  We arrived just after a pretty severe storm.  But even chilly out here is pretty nice.  It’s 68 and sunny. 

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Who am I?
That you would extend such love?
Redemption I’m not worthy of?
Who am I?
 
I repay your mercy
With needing more.
I repay with cursing
Blessings outpoured.
 
Who am I?
That you would extend such love?
Redemption I’m not worthy of?
Who am I?
 
I repay your grace
With squandering.
I repay your embrace
With wandering.
 
Who am I?
That you would extend such love?
Redemption I’m not worthy of?
Who […]

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Michelle and I will be flying out to Arizona with her sister Beth and 10 month old niece, Gabriella on Monday morning.  We will be visiting Michelle’s dad, stepmom and two sisters.  Looking forward to seeing them.  It was amazing to see our Lord, through the generosity of His children, provide the funds for our tickets, since […]

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This morning’s devotional from our esteemed brother Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening was delightful, as usual.  His text was II Peter 3:18 which reads, “Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”  He admonishes us to grow “in all grace.”  And farther along, he makes this wonderful observation.  “Grow likewise […]

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I need you, Jesus, more today
More than I ever have before.
My soul is pained, my faith poor.
I’ve wandered and I’ve gone astray.
 
I need you, Jesus, more right now,
More than I have in times past,
More each day than the last,
Grace and mercy, bestow and endow.
 
I need you, Jesus, more this instant,
More this very moment in time,
I […]

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