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Jun 21 2021

An Ocean’s Call to a Focused Life

  • 06/21/2021

I was at the ocean recently, which was a rare treat. As I lay on the sand, soaking in the sun, I noted all the sounds in the air: Murmurs of voices and shouts of playing children. Seagulls. The music from someone’s speaker. A plane overhead. But it was the sound of the waves …

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Apr 21 2021

Perfect Timing (A Look at Song 2:7, 3:5, 8:4) 

  • 04/21/2021

pic of man holding a time piece

Recently I read how bananas are picked green, and on route to the grocery stores are artificially gassed to ripen up. And because of this, they lack in nutritional value. It makes me think of our human tendency to manipulate results, and not wait for God’s perfect timing. 

“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.” – Song of Songs 2:7

This is an important verse in The Song. It is mentioned three times, (2:7, 3:5, 8:4) and always in similar contexts. Admittedly, it took me awhile for the meaning to sink in, partly I think, because …

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Mar 16 2021

A Run-in With A Buck!

  • 03/16/2021

Majestic buck

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag – Song 2:9

When running on our quiet, seasonal road, I was startled by a huge buck that suddenly jumped in front of me. He had a massive rack on his head. I must have startled him too, as he quickly turned direction to run ahead of me, his hooves spraying dirt and rocks. He then found an opening in the hedgerow and with one huge, graceful leap, bounded off into the woods.

I stopped and grabbed my heart…

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Feb 25 2021

The Embraced Life (Song of Songs 2:6)

  • 02/25/2021

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me, Song 2:6

Such eye-candy, isn’t it, the embrace of verse 6? It feels like there’s no getting around it. Or out from under it. The lover has his bride locked down in love! She is hemmed in, or encircled, as the Psalmist said of himself. (Psalm 139:5)

I always admired my Dad’s arms. Sometimes over-protective, but mostly kind, safe, and strong. They come to mind now when…

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