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2022-05-22T08:29:54-07:00

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Observations…

Last updated on: May 22, 2022 at 8:29 am By Mark Williams

JUST SOME OBSERVATIONS I have not talked about observations I have made lately. ‘I see things’ like the little boy tells a younger Bruce Willis in the movie, Sixth Sense. A good movie by the way which you never see the twist at the end. I think we all see things, things around us. Things in us. We can look at each other and sometimes kind of tell when someone is sad or sick or happy. When there is a... Read more

2022-05-13T06:02:18-07:00

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Ouch!

Last updated on: May 13, 2022 at 6:02 am By Mark Williams

But pain can wear us to a nub. It's there when you wake up, its there when you go to bed. You are now past acetaminophen and are now trying almost anything to make is stop. You would be happy if it just eased up for a while. Read more

2022-08-16T14:12:25-07:00

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Happy Mother’s Day

Last updated on: August 16, 2022 at 2:12 pm By Mark Williams

Today we celebrate you, mothers. You are the sweet jacket we put on to keep us warm and the SPF 600 so we don't burn like bacon in the summer. We went to war for dad- We came home for you. Read more

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Relationships and Religion

2022-08-16T14:11:55-07:00

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Why Does Today Seem So Much Like Yesterday?

Last updated on: August 16, 2022 at 2:11 pm By Mark Williams

I put my shoes on this morning and wondered how many times had I done exactly that-putting on shoes. Then, wondering, how many times I had awakened, got up, and started a morning routine. I start in almost the exact same order since my wife died-the exact same order. Read more

Relationships and Religion

2022-08-16T14:11:26-07:00

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In the Early Morning Rain….

Last updated on: August 16, 2022 at 2:11 pm By Mark Williams

Ever wonder why you find a memory in your brain which you haven't thought of or pondered in years-maybe even decades, and it sweeps you up and away and you think you found more joy in this second time than the actual first time you found it? Read more

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2022-08-16T14:11:01-07:00

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Frozen in Fear or Stepping out In Faith

Last updated on: August 16, 2022 at 2:11 pm By Mark Williams

Living life can cause us to freeze with fear we will make the wrong choice. And we might. Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

Relationships and Religion

2022-04-17T06:16:34-07:00

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I imagine….

Last updated on: April 17, 2022 at 6:16 am By Mark Williams

Sometime, about 2000 years ago, probably just before the sun broke the horizon, two women went to the tomb where they put the rabbi. The two women were friends of his. The term 'friends' is a dramatic underselling of what he meant to them. They were going to prepare the body, but they knew-the three-day rule. Sunday-it was the third day. They had to see for themselves. Read more

2022-04-13T09:27:05-07:00

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Sometimes, We Feel as if We’re getting Swallowed

Last updated on: April 13, 2022 at 9:27 am By Mark Williams

Sometimes, in our seasons of living, we have difficulty seeing the season itself and get swallowed up in its trauma. If it was always a sunny beach, we would wish it would never end, but that isn't reality and even a nice day on the beach, or a wonderous camp site next to a waterfall, has the proverbial chigger. Read more

2022-04-11T06:28:56-07:00

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How Do People do this without God?

Last updated on: April 11, 2022 at 6:28 am By Mark Williams

When my plan for my life, doesn't go as planned, how do I reconcile that issue? I mean, how do I figure that out, why it is what it is, why it isn't what I thought it should be? There is a follow up question, as a Christian and that is how do people do this life without God, or if they have a faith in God, how do they deal with the fact God's Plan is not our plan? Read more

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2022-04-06T13:56:30-07:00

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2022 Declaratives!

Last updated on: April 6, 2022 at 1:56 pm By Mark Williams

God waits for me to turn my face back to Him. He hasn't moved. He has always been right there. I think, He loves my declaratives. Read more

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