Borrowed Breath

Let’s lift up Dan Kimball’s family.
Life Is Fragile

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I am not sure how many people hop on my little blog on any given day.  But I’m throwing this prayer request out there and asking for you to join me and my family in interceding for the health of my dad.  My dad has had serious physical ailments for most of his adult life.  […]

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The worst of my worse mistakes,
In any given time and place
Is not beyond your reach of grace.
I’m not beyond your reach of grace.
 
Your pierced hands of love reach in,
Into the deepest part of me,
Places no one else has been,
Corners I let no one see.
            And I know I can trust you,
            To do what you […]

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Bound up in layers of flesh,
Robes of my self-righteousness,
     Unable to see
     How you view me,
Right thru to my nakedness.
So in your mercy unwind
This clothing that chokes and binds,
     Ever keeping me
     From being free
And knowing your heart and mind. 
I must confess, I am afraid,
As you strip and peel away,
     I feel exposed,
     […]

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One of my regular readings is from a daily devotional by Andrew Murray (1828-1917) entitled God’s Best Secrets.  Lately, he’s been quoting excerpts from William Law’s book A Serious Call and then closing the daily mediation with a brief paragraph of his own and a prayer.  The other day, the writing was on prayer, and […]

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Speak when you are spoken to,
When His voice has broken thru
     This world’s voices that deafen you,
     Over its sirens that beckon you,
That offer only a token truth.
His still, small voice whispers loud,
Piercing thru religion’s shroud.
     His softest tones of sweetest love,
     A crescendo rising above
The noise of the clamoring crowd.
His Spirit still speaks to those
Whose […]

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Yesterday morning, as is my custom, I read from the daily devotional My Utmost for His Highest by the incomparable Oswald Chambers.  The text for the day is Luke 11:1, which reads, “Lord, teach us to pray.”  He says this about prayer, “We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves; the […]

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Some very close and dear friends of mine are heading to Zambia to meet up with a dear friend and sister who has been serving there with the Peace Corps for the past almost two years.  I’ve included the latest prayer request email sent from Jeremiah:

Hello Children of God! Blessings and Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ […]

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I’m not sure what happened…I posted this poem yesterday, but this morning it was gone.
Maybe a monster came and ate it.
.
As your light is breaking thru,
Exposing lies I thought were true,
Darkness that I thought was light,
Blindness that I thought was sight,
Old things that I thought were new.
Shining into hidden places,
Shattered dreams and squandered graces,
With deepest […]

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Moment by moment
May your life be manifest
In me.
Here in this present
May your Spirit not be suppressed
In me.
May I surrender
So you can truly have your way
In me.
Make my hardened heart tender,
Awaken the gifts that dormant lay
In me.
All that I am,
And all I ever hope to be,
Is in you.
I trust what I don’t understand,
Your Spirit lives inside […]

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