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On the Auction Block: Another Meditation by My Sister

 wgmeisheid  November 26, 2024  0 Comments on On the Auction Block: Another Meditation by My Sister

My sister sent me another of her early writings, which I am posting here. I believe you will find it inspirational. I have applied minor copy editing, but other than that, it is as she wrote it back in October,…

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The Importance of Isaiah 54:17

 wgmeisheid  November 18, 2024  0 Comments on The Importance of Isaiah 54:17

We live in difficult times, maybe the most difficult times on earth. Technology is advancing at an ever-increasing rate, and it is losing powers that allow the manipulation and control of people in ways those desiring control in the past…

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The Narrow Ancient Path: A Meditation from My Sister

 wgmeisheid  November 18, 2024  0 Comments on The Narrow Ancient Path: A Meditation from My Sister

My sister sent me this meditation and encouraging email as I have been going through difficult times. I wanted to share it since I believe it will be helpful to so many who are trying to maintain their Christian walk…

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The Thinning Veil

 wgmeisheid  August 31, 2024  0 Comments on The Thinning Veil

A common expression in spiritual circles about the separation between the mundane physical world and the spiritual reality that coincides with it is that the separation is a veil that blocks our standard view of the spiritual realm. Some people…

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The Importance of Ritual to Faith

 wgmeisheid  August 12, 2024  0 Comments on The Importance of Ritual to Faith

“We are embodied creatures. Physical rituals are important to bridge the way to what we can’t conceptualize. Faith and Ritual by L’Ombre de l’Olivier. The sixties stripping of ritual and “senseless” tradition, pretty much across the board of most Western…

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The Problem with Deuteronomy 18:11 & Saul and the Witch of Endor

 wgmeisheid  August 2, 2024  0 Comments on The Problem with Deuteronomy 18:11 & Saul and the Witch of Endor

Deuteronomy 18:11b is very explicit in its restriction of contacting anyone who has died, no matter the circumstances, “…or one who inquires of the dead”. We are not allowed to approach the dead for anything. Now, someone will tell me,…

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The Importance of Remembering

 wgmeisheid  July 13, 2024  1 Comment on The Importance of Remembering

I have been trying to discover what might impede growth in my Christian life and working against my desire to become closer to my God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Yes, I am a Christian trinitarian believer because that is…

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Contending for the Faith Once Delivered unto the Saints

 wgmeisheid  July 1, 2024  0 Comments on Contending for the Faith Once Delivered unto the Saints

A 17th-century Englishman, John May, said, “In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.” He was contrasting how when everything is perfect, everyone can succeed, but then what is left unspoken but implied is that when the sea turns…

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Sole Fide, Sole Christi

 wgmeisheid  June 23, 2024  0 Comments on Sole Fide, Sole Christi

As I approach the ending years of my life (I am 77), things are coming into sharper focus concerning what matters and what doesn’t. The thing that matters most to me right now, as I am sure this will remain…

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Discipleship

 wgmeisheid  June 21, 2024  0 Comments on Discipleship

I have been using YouTube recently to engage a number of sound Christian teachers to increase my biblical knowledge and understanding. However, when it comes to discipleship, it seems they all do not touch on the area of that discipline…

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