Carl Lance

I Guess You…

I guess you thought I would have quit by now. Maybe you thought I wouldn’t last. I didn’t. I surrendered. I surrendered my life to JESUS CHRIST! You figured I wasn’t smart enough and you were right about that. I turned my life over to the LORD and “The fear of the Lord is the […]

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The Station

I used to hang out on the train tracks, a popular place, and the cool place where “everyone who was anyone” hung out. I heard stories that a train was coming, and it was dangerous to stay there. I had never seen a train come this way and didn’t know anyone who had seen a

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Getting Closer

Perhaps you have seen the idealized picture of the elderly couple walking hand-in-hand with their faces lit up with gentle but telling smiles. Looking at them we can’t tell how they got to that point. In these times of short relationships, we focus on this “happy ever after” scene and hope to be like that

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Worthy to Be Praised

The news is filled with “important people” these days. Celebrities, politicians, the wealthy, and accomplished are pushed into the headlines. Some flaw or mistake is pounced on and crafted into glaring headlines, designed to draw our attention. A talented actor is dumping his mate, or a beautiful model enters rehab, and a politician is “caught”

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Touch Not Mine

The horrific attack by Hamas in Israel is hard to comprehend. Terrorists usually limit their targets to preserve some support for their actions, but they didn’t. People normally won’t tolerate attacks against helpless women, children, and the elderly, for no one can justify that kind of slaughter. Apparently, attacking Israelis is an exception to that

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