Category: Short stories
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Back Seat Rider
Have you ever ridden a bicycle built for two? As you can see the one behind the other has handlebars but only to hold onto and balance, not to help with the steering. This person is riding in tandem and has to trust the one steering with the direction they are going. Their legs are…
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I was appointed to pray
This morning when I woke, I sat in the breakfast room where I sit to talk to Jesus. I lifted up my family and friends to the Lord especially our daughter’s neighbor, Jack. He has a serious leg injury. I was appointed to pray for him and through a series of events he will be…
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Letters of Impossibilities
When family and friends visit, they see my prayer jar on the entry table. Many have expressed interest and asked me about it. I told them we’ve received many answers to prayers. Some have joined me and wrote on little scraps of paper; dropping these into my jar. Now I have a whole jar of…
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Stop! Smell This Flower!
We had a very relaxing weekend, one long overdue. We just sat around and enjoyed each other’s company. We called for take-out food and curled up in front of the T.V. with an old video. This is a special video made of several reels of tape that was filmed by my Father. We put several…
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New Volunteer
When I woke this morning I prayed asking the Lord for new friendships and to be a part of a new volunteer ministry. I walked into the kitchen to pour a cup of coffee and heard the doorbell. Who could that be? It was Fed Ex asking me to sign for a flower delivery. I…
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Fruitful Boughs
One morning, I was driving down a street in my neighborhood, and a very impressive sight caught my eye. I saw a brick wall with a fruitful bough of oranges spilling over the wall into the street. This was such a lovely sight. It reminded me of how the Lord likes to see our lives,…
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Help is on the way!
Have you ever heard the story about the man that climbed onto the roof of his house because the flood waters had come up over his house? He had prayed, asking God to deliver him from this situation. He saw a helicopter come by and someone yelled to the man, “Catch the rope! Hold on…
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My Precious Child
I am so glad the Lord gave you to me. I remember so clearly the day you were born. I remember how privileged I felt that God had let me have this beautiful baby. I didn’t know the Lord on a personal level but I did have a profound sense that God was looking at…