SAYS FYL

  • The Indian Benz

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  • did god really need light?

    My very first memory of pondering is of staring at creation circles on a flannel board, trying to make sense of it all.  Back then I had just one question: Why didn’t God make Adam first so He would have help all week long? The older I got, the more I wondered. Like why light Read more

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  • hot shower reminder

    It’s been four years, but it happens every time I step into my steamy hot shower. Every time, I am reminded of my six years with a temperamental shower. Our shower system in Nepal was very complicated–an instant hot water heater, a giant geyser, a storage tank right above the bathroom, pipes and rocks propping Read more

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  • consequences of wallowing

    “. . . They didn’t even hear him–they were that beaten down in spirit.” (Exodus 6:10, The Message) The last few verses of Exodus 4 paint a perfect people–Moses and Aaron have gathered all the leaders and all the people. They tell them of the wondrous things God is doing for them. Everyone listens; everyone Read more

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  • life is like a bicycle

    This is for MC . . . Albert Einstein had a son who struggled with mental illness. Imagine that. Here was a genius, a man with so much to his name and fame, someone everyone looked to for solutions to problems. Yet he couldn’t fix life for his son. In a letter to his son, Read more

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  • staying the course

    He had a firm grip on the staff of God. Exodus 4:20 If only life were a straight road from birth to death. Even just a few forks thrown on the trail for choices, judgement and excitement wouldn’t be so hard to handle. But what we have instead is a bumpy journey with way too Read more

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  • family blessings

    Jethro said, “God. And peace be with you.” Exodus 4:18 (The Message) All of chapter three and half of chapter four of Exodus detail Moses’ job interview with God. Moses had absolutely no interest in the position, but God was determined that it be filled by Moses. After many objections, Moses finally takes the job Read more

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  • mr. kitty, jesus’ kitty

    Here’s my miracle story. And because it has to do with Mr. Kitty who is a cat and because I hate cats, this is especially meaningful to me. All week long I’ve had this awful ache in my back and my legs that simply refused to leave and got worse and worse each day. I Read more

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  • begin all things with God

    Gen 8:20 Noah built an altar to God. Another Noah insight that follows yesterday’s thought. . . The Noah before the flood was one whom both God and man thought was a good man, a man of integrity. The Noah after the flood remains the same on the inside. One would not expect this of Read more

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  • the mundane life of a beaver

    Over dinner today we watched an old Smithsonian IMAX movie about  beavers. It begins with a pair of beavers stalking the country side looking for the perfect real estate.They find it. It’s a flowing stream in a lush valley with tall trees and even taller mountains to protect them. They decide that this will be Read more

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