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  • Unmet Expectations

    #5 in the Mysterious God series   The person of Jesus Christ was a pretty mysterious representation of God. He was born into a poor family, so poor that they couldn’t secure a decent place for his birth, he grew up in Nazareth as the son of a carpenter, was nearly invisible for most of

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  • Refusing Gifts from God

    There is a Seven Eleven near the office that I go to quite frequently.  A couple of mornings ago there was a homeless man in a wheelchair sitting outside of the store.  It is not unusual to see homeless people about, so I was not surprised.  He did not look at me, nor did he

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  • Living with Tension

    #4 in the Mysterious God Series How do you deal with tension in your life?  What is your reaction when some part of your world goes off the track?  Does it pull the rest of the train off with it? For many years of my life I could tolerate little to no tension, especially in

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  • Trying NOT to Be

    If it killed me I was determined not to be a messy Mercy. I was NOT going to be someone who needed a GPS, a map, and a “call a friend” lifeline to get from their home to the grocery store.  I was not going to be an emotional geyser every five minutes.  I was not going to be disorganized and

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  • Opposites Stretch You

    #3 in the “Mysterious God” series   John Adams was a visionary.  He saw the future of America in ways that others had not even thought about.  He was articulate and forceful in his beliefs, he knew what needed to be done and went to great personal sacrifice to achieve it.  He lived for months

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