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New Page Added
I thought it might be interesting to add a new element to Thorns and Myrtles so I’ve created a “Books I Am Reading” page. I hope to put up reviews of pertinent books after finishing them. Please feel...
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Jonah’s Bane
‘You must never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention.’ Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn Instead, Jonah ran from the LORD… Jonah 1:3 (CEV) It is the spiritual equivalent of grating...
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Sex and Velociraptors
Jurassic Park came out when I was seven or eight years old and when it did it was the movie to see for the school child. The animatronics were mind-blowing at the time, and the whole concept seemed...
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The Journey and Babel
So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air: 1 Corinthians 9:26 (BBE) It is one of America’s arch-proverbs, levitating along side of “You can’t love...
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To Thine Own Self
You can’t love others unless you love yourself. If some cheeky entrepreneur were to trademark the above adage, their coffers would rival Midas’ for gold. It adorns diet and self-help books, graces...
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Those Who Help Themselves
God helps those who help themselves. Benjamin Franklin (1) The phrase conjures a particular vision. I hear it and am transported to a sticky summer porch, the shade of an elderly woman tipping this way...
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Bedlam and Bookstores
“Every book is trying to convince you of something.” Pastor Larry Schmoekel in Sunday’s sermon. I love books. Not just the reading of books mind you, though that would make things considerably less...
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Making Shards
“Someone has altered the script. My lines have been changed… I thought I was writing this play.” Madeleine L’Engle It seems horrifically coy to say you have been brought out of your comfort zone when...
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Toil and Trouble
“…the author has provided himself with a moral-the truth, namely, that the wrongdoing of one generation lives into the successive ones, and, divesting itself of every temporary advantage, becomes a...
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Pick A Tree
The story is told that after their crimes, both Judas and Peter picked a tree. Peter, through Christ’s grace, reached for the crossbeams, whereas Judas chose the branch that would support his noose....
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Wishing Wells
For your Creator will be your husband; the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name! Isaiah 54:5a (NLT) Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. John 4:26 (KJV) It is frequently expressed that...
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Shameless Plug
Dear Eden Ellis, Your child greets you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. She thanks you for your love to agree being her sponsor when you do not know her. She is an orphan of both parents. They...
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Tempt Not a Desp’rate Man
“’Well, I wasn’t going to live without you.’ He rolled his eyes as if that fact were childishly obvious. ‘But I wasn’t sure how to do it…’” Stephanie Meyer, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (1) The fact...
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By Fire
And do you make prayers to your god, and I will make a prayer to the Lord: and it will be clear that the one who gives an answer by fire is God. 1 Kings 18:24a (BBE) We are all, each of us, prophets...
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When the Stream Runs Dry
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan. The water of the stream will be your...
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Chiefest Among Ten Thousand
Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn’t get used to it, though I’d been staring at him all afternoon. His skin … literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the...
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Getting Up
We have an expression in prize fighting: ‘Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit.’ Well my friend, you’ve just been hit. The getting up is up to you. Michael Douglas (as Charles Remington), The...
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Burning
It has been a while since I have given much attention to this blog. My neglect has been for various reasons, some due to pride, some due to spiritual battles and a weak spirit, some due to other...
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Sins Like Scarlet
O Fiend, whose talisman was that fatal symbol, wouldst thou leave nothing, whether in youth or age, for this poor sinner to revere?–such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin. Be it...
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Sowing In Tears
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest. Psalm 126:5-6 (NLT) When I first started writing this...
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