Carl Lance

Planting Shrubs

I just finished planting shrubs in the front yard of our house. That was the end of a long process that began months ago. We had to remove a tree that had grown up too close to the house and when I asked my wife, she told me to remove the overgrown shrubs also. They […]

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Friends In High Places

Last night I was going through “Our Prayer” and was struck by the greeting, “Dear LORD our Heavenly Father.” We are so close that we can address GOD in such a personal term! Yes, that was part of a written prayer, but I can call on Him whenever I want. In fact, he wants me

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Two Endings

My wife and I finished watching the last episode of a British television drama. I didn’t particularly like the series but watching it gave us something to do together. After several episodes I became familiar with the storyline and looked forward to seeing what would happen next. I also got to know the main characters

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Stones

My wife and I just finished making a flower bed in front of our house. It is covered in a layer of small white stones and looks much better than the patch of weeds that had been there before. Nothing will grow among the stones, because we dug up the weeds and put a plastic

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Real Or Artificial?

Imagine how valuable light was during Biblical times. The only sources they had were the sun and fire. GOD’s chosen people were oppressed by the Romans, mistreated by the powerful, and misled by religion. Their taxes were too high, they couldn’t keep the laws of GOD or man, their bodies were sick or possessed and

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