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One of our greatest obstacles to prayer is ANSWERED prayer. We assume we know how God will answer - how He will work -- that because He has answered in a specific way in the past -- He will do thus now. We must seek what God *will* do, not just on what He *has* done. If we prayer for what we think God can answer, we limit Him to our own imagination instead of being open to *whatever* HE will do or however HE will answer and lead.

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The Way I See It #76

I suppose that I might have cause to celebrate.  It’s a sunny day.  The water surrounding our home receded at such a significant rate that we’re now able to see all of our property and much of the surrounding farmland.  This is amazing.  O, and I didn’t get Sbx cup #280.  Maybe, had I gotten cup #280, I’d not have written the previous two posts this afternoon.  I don’t know.  So, today’s cup reads:

TheWayISeeIt #76
“The irony of commitment is that
it’s [...]

A Book and a Movie

I’m thinking about blind acceptance and emperors… the events of the days behind us and before us and a book and a movie come to mind.  And I wonder what really matters to people — if it matters that there’s nothing there or if there’ll be a little child standing in the crowd pointing out the obvious.  And will anyone there have the courage to see?

   

The Emperor’s New Clothes… a book.  Being There… a movie.

Just [...]

cream puffs.

Blind trust is a dangerous thing sometimes.  It’s what makes us vulnerable to accepting things we’d not ordinarily accept and makes us do things we’d not ordinarily do.  Hope’s like that sometimes too.  We sometimes want something so badly that we’ll believe just about anything for that need to be met or filled.  Some will sacrifice just about anything to have deep seated longings fulfilled.

When I was six years old my mother was dating a man she would eventually marry. I [...]

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