Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

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Entries Tagged as 'Reflections'

God’s Beautiful LITTLE Things in Life

May 22nd, 2010 · 11 Comments · Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality, Tom & Me

This has been a most stressful week for me, with no modem/internet for four days, my blog host moving all of us TheoBloggers over to a new server, with us having some down time here on my blog, and assorted family emergencies and crises.  Being an in-betweener, with my mom still with me, having grown [...]

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The Girl in the Woods

May 18th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Friends, Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality, Stories, Uncategorized

She lived out in the deep Piney Woods of East Texas, a good ways out from Nacogdoches.
She was 19 years old and married to a small thin man in his late 30s or early 40s who looked to be twice his age and was crippled up in his left arm from a working accident some [...]

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God's Glorious Handiwork – And Some of Man's Creativity

May 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · A Home Complete, Creating A Home, Inspirational, Reflections, Tom & Me

Our spring has been beautiful beyond description.
And since Tom’s been home since his surgery a month ago, we decided to brighten up our back porch and deck with some hanging baskets of flowers, as we sit out there several hours a day, some days.  This is our view from our old white wicker furniture nestled [...]

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Season of Prayer: God, Indeed, Knows The Details

April 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Families, Perspective, Reflections, Spirituality, Tom & Me

Tom & I are in a season of prayer for several people very close to us.
Some are family members and some very good friends.  The relationships run together, which is as it “should” be in the life of a Christian, I think.  Don’t you?
I’ve not slept well the past couple of nights after about 2 [...]

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Mosaics

April 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Inspirational, Reflections

“We each build mosaics from the brokenness of our lives that will gleam bright in Heaven from the light of the Son. Each mosaic shall be different, but each shall be beautiful in its own right. So, gather the broken glass of your dreams together and let [...]

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Back Home; Long, Slow, But Full Recovery Expected, So Far, A "Bit" Better Each Day

April 9th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Health, Medical, Reflections, Tom & Me

After eight long days and seven even longer nights in Louisiana Heart Hospital following what proved to be five heart bypasses, Tom was given the release to come home.  We got here about 6 p.m. Wednesday evening, with his best friend Ron here to greet us and help Tom get into the house from the [...]

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Reflections In My Mind

March 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Blogging, Humor, Perspective, Reflections, Uncategorized

I want to throw out some of my thoughts today.  These are things I’ve been thinking about of late and things going on that I’d like to get some feedback on, if you will.
I said this and the next two or three posts would be to “wrap up” last November’s Andrews Family Memories Tour of [...]

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