Genesis
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Don’t Worry Be Happy Now
Genesis 21:13 “I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.” Don had a rather funny thing in his house when I met my wife. It was a fish on a plaque. Kind of weird and unusual to look at because it was not a stuffed fish,
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Caught in a Thicket
Genesis 22:13 “Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.” In the movie “Indiana Jones” they are searching for the holy grail. They are walking through a cave, come
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It’s Not Over
Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” We have an ongoing joke in my family when we watch sports. Whenever something bad happens to the team we are rooting for, we immediately say, “It’s over” There could still be 3
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Inserting the Blessing
Genesis 17:18 “And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing.” Working on cars and doing handy work around the house I’ve come to realize that there is always a right tool for the job and I cannot force things to fit without causing a mess. For example, only one screw
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Force of Hand
Genesis 16:1 “Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children, But she had an Egyptian slave name Hagar.” If you have worked on cars for very long you know what cross-threaded is. It is when you force the nut or bolt to continue to be screwed in or tightened even though the threads don’t
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A Tenth
Genesis 14:20 “Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.” We work hard at our jobs to make money so that we can purchase things and live life. Budgets, retirement accounts, and investments have been around for a long time. When you first get out on your own, you start this process and for some
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Parting Ways
Genesis 13:9 “Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.” There comes a time when we have to part company with others. While in school, it might have been that destructive
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The Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:6 “And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one [unified] people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do [in rebellion against Me], and now no evil thing they imagine they can do will be impossible for them.” When our daughters were young we used
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Faith First
Genesis 39:3-4 “When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.” There are certain things in life we must put first. If we want
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Perhaps I Can…
Genesis 16:2 “So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I can obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.” I grew up in the country side of West Texas. Lots of cotton farms and mesquite trees. Every year we would see the farmers plant
Let It Go 