How To See Grace In All Things & Give Thanks: 3 Stories
The 1621 project is my life project. To see the grace in all the things and to give thanks.
To see like that is also a gift.
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“Hymn in Contemplation of Sudden Death”: The Dorothy L. Sayers’ Poem I Wish I Wrote
I remember the first time I thought I might actually die. A foreign virus had me in a stranglehold. I was in an anguishing, fevery way—and that, a continent from home.
The summer I was 19 was the first time that I prayed,
“Lord, if you won’t heal me, please take me home.”
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Just Like That: The Marvel of Mark 16:19
But why am I so stuck on this one verse that escaped my gaze all the other dozens of times I read it? Why am I so taken up with it now?
Three reasons come to mind.
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The Cost of 2 Minutes: a Heel, a Healing & the High Price of Hurry
Haste makes waste. My ankle and me relearned that this week. My selfish hurry brought waste this week— of wealth, peace, health, and joy—to name a few. Never in a Hurry But the Lord is never in a hurry and forever on time, for he always has all things under control. That truth alone should…
