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> "Although power can force obedience, only love can summon a response of love, …" Power is fragile, temperamental. We are intimated by power even though it can be overthrown. Love is another world altogether. Love is transforming, encouraging, affirming, liberating, healing………
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> We think a thing is beyond our reach, but discover we can reach beyond what we think, if we are willing to try.
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> If you wait for conditions to be perfect, you will never start any project.
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> A journal note I made 9/7/14. 
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> Looking through college yearbooks stirs memories. So long ago. Not know where people are. We were full of dreams. Now sunset is on the horizon. Hope and pray we have made a difference for good. Believe we have. The Call continues into each generation. We are part of something bigger that ourselves.
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> Today I will be living on the assets of God. It is right that I spend those assets doing God's work. I must pay attention to the inner Word that will let me know what is God's work for me today. And thus i pray for you…
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Conflict on the outside reflects conflict on the inside. Peace on the inside sets the stage for peace on the outside. As you transact the business of living this day, may the peace that flows from eternal Love provide the stability and understanding you need.

dad/papa

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> "Human history grinds on, between the time of promise and fulfillment."(Philip Yancey) Can we trust God to make something good and beautiful out of a world that includes killings in New Zealand and hatred in the minds of citizens in this USA??? This is Sat. am. a new day. I believe God is saying to us lets get to work doing all the good we can in the midst of whatever……
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> 2/13/2001 Journal entry. "I am a little boy at my grandmother Rentz. She tells me I better not go outside the yard because somebody out there might get me. Fear control, a way of discipline? I will not live that way. I will go out there, outside the fence. I have learned faith is stronger than fear. So 65 years later here I am Monday morning sitting in David's den in California having dared to travel down the unknown road of faith and I will continue to faith live."
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> Well, from 2001 to this moment, 2019 I am still traveling the road of faith and not alone—blessings and love
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> "Your kingdom come on earth…..Your will be done…." What do the words of this prayer mean to you ????
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> "….the weak, and those unwilling to make the struggle, soon resign their liberties for the protection of powerful men or paid armies; they begin by being protected, they end by being subjected." -Louis L'Amour. Life is risky,freedom is risky, being responsible is risky. The world is a dangerous place. === as long as I am alive I refuse to cower in fear. I choose to be myself and do right and good as I see and understand, in faith.
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> Sometimes we find ourselves in places of life that are hard to bear and we want to get it done and behind us. Problem is, the condition may be a matter of nature. Like when we are waiting for birth to happen and we don't know the moment and timing of creation as we wait for birth to happen. In a way this is the same situation as we anticipate the ending of life here and the suffering that sometimes happens. This may be at any time along our journey. I think what I am wanting to say is that everything has its time and our impatience with getting it over is distracting and misleading. In God's timing we wait, and in the meantime paying attention to the moment and what we can do now. We are called to live in the moment, in the now, in the experience now, confident that Holy Spirit knows the big picture and is present with us working with us. We may be dealing with issues of work or issues of health, etc. and the most important thing is to trust the One who knows the Plan and no matter the moment or the out come we abide in the Love of God and the Love of God abides in us……….anyway, maybe this makes some sense….
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> "May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears." (Nelson Mandela) These are not words from a person who had it easy. He spent many years in prison in South Africa. He was a man of hope and vision. Upon release from prison he eventually became President of South Africa. His life and words called for ending apartheid in his country. Life in this world requires hope. Evil has to be overcome in every generation, in every life. Hope keeps our minds and hearts alive and focused what is true and right whereas fear shuts us down and clogs our minds and discourages our heart in clouds of despair and defeat. Make choices that reflect your hope.
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> Hi, hope you are going to have a great day. This is the day the Lord has made; therefore rejoice and be glad in it. Everything today may not be like you think it should be. Don't worry and be upset, God has the same problem getting you and me. God does not give up on us, but gives us this day….
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> It is for me to love the person—It is for the Holy Spirit to convict the person—It is for God to judge the person.(Billy Graham) — If we take on the work of correcting everyone we think needs correcting, if we sit in the seat of judgement upon those who we think are doing wrong, we will be crushed, for the load is too much for us and we are ourselves need correcting. The work God has assigned us is to love one another as he loves us. There is no change agent more powerful than love.
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> I am on my way to apartment. She is coming down hall pushing her cart with trash. She stops me with questions. When can a Power of Attorney(has trouble saying the words.) take over? I told her not until doctor declares you incompetent. Her response indicates that has already been done. She doesn't know whether to trust her children. She has strained relationship with some of her children. I listened. Encouraged her as she does best she can and trust her family in this very frightening time in her life. I am partially informed about her situation via community gossip. She thanked me and went on to the trash room. — The thoughts that flowed as I came to my apartment is opportunities for service, ministry, happen unexpected. Be available and mainly listen and affirm the person. It is well to hold fast the confidence that God's love never forsakes us. Thanks family for love, understanding and care.
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Quotes Papa Likes

“PROGRESS IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT CHANGE AND THOSE WHO CANNOT CHANGE THEIR MINDS CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING.”

-George Bernard Shaw

“DO NOT HARM - DO GOOD - STAY IN LOVE WITH GOD.”

   -John Wesley

“…IT WAS A MATTER OF THE MIND, THAT WAS ALL.  IF YOU WEREN’T WHIPPED IN YOUR MIND, NOTHING COULD WHIP YOU.”

-L. Lamour

“THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH MAY BE TAKEN AWAY, AND, DUMB AND SILENT WE MAY BE LED LIKE SHEEP, TO THE SLAUGHTER.”

      -George Washington

FREEDOM—WHAT AM I DOING WITH IT????  — LIVE AS FREE PERSONS…..AND NOT USE FREEDOM AS PRETEXT TO DO EVIL….

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