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Richly Blessed!
You are very special, beloved by
God,
and so are the children God may have given you. Each of you are uniquely
created, gifted and adored by him. May the LORD richly bless both you and
your children.
A Prayer begins . . .
Our Father in heaven, your goodness startles us. Your generosity sweeps us off our
feet. We gratefully receive your rich blessings for both us and those we cherish.
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True Love
Category: Christian Living
ISBN: 088486216X
Keywords: Saigon, Hawaii, die,
surgery, operations, grenade, phosphorus, Vietnam, Christian, love, Inspiration Press,
Smalley, Gary Smalley, Trent, John Trent
"David knew that he was going to die, yet miraculously he didn't. He was pulled from the
water by his fellow soldiers, flown directly to Saigon, and then taken to a waiting plane
bound for Hawaii. But David's problems were just beginning.
When he first went in to surgery--the first of what would become dozens of
operations--the surgical team had a major problem during the operation. As they cut
away tissue that had been burned or torn by the grenade, the phosphorus would hit the
oxygen in the operating room and begin to ignite again! Several times the doctors and
nurses ran out of the room, leaving him alone because they were afraid the oxygen used
in surgery would explode! Incredibly, David survived the operation and was taken to a
ward that held the most severe burn and injury cases from the war.
Lying on his bed, his head the size of a basketball, David knew he presented a grotesque
picture. Although he had once been a handsome man. He knew he had nothing to offer his
wife or anyone else because of his appearance. He felt more alone and more worthless than
he had ever felt in his life.
But David wasn't alone in his room. There was another man who had been wounded in
Vietnam and was also a nightmarish sight. He had lost an arm and a leg, and his face was
badly torn and scarred.
As David was recovering from surgery, this man's wife arrived from the States. When she
walked into the room and took one look at her husband, she became nauseated. She took off
her wedding ring, put it on the nightstand next to him, and said, 'I'm so sorry, but
there's no way I could live with you looking like that.' And with that, she walked out
the door.
He could barely make any sounds through his torn throat and mouth, but the soldier wept
and shook for hours. Two days later he died . . . .
Three days later, David's wife arrived. After watching what had happened with the other
soldier, he had no idea what kind of reaction she would have toward him, and he dreaded
her coming. His wife, a strong Christian, took one look at him, came over, and kissed
him on the only place on his face that wasn't bandaged. In a gentle voice she said,
'Honey, I love you. I'll always love you. And I want you to know that whatever it
takes, whatever the odds, we can make it
'together'.' She
hugged him where she could to avoid disturbing his injuries and stayed with him for the
next several days."
SoAmazing Review: Smalley and Trent, in story after
story, demonstrate the inspiring grace of true love, committed to honoring others.
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Deja Vu All Over Again
Category: Christian Living
ISBN: 0060693827
Keywords: Harvey Cox, friend,
real world, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, religion, business, grand narrative,
City of God, Harper San Francisco, Wilson, John Wilson, Yancey, Philip Yancey
"A few years ago a friend advised me that if I wanted to know what was going on in the
real world, I should read the business pages. Although my lifelong interest has been in
the study of religion, I am always willing to expand my horizons; so I took the advice,
vaguely fearful that I would have to cope with a new and baffling vocabulary. Instead I
was surprised to discover that most of the concepts I ran across were quite familiar.
Expecting a terra incognita, I found myself instead in the land of
deja vu. The lexicon
of The Wall Street Journal and the business sections of Time and Newsweek turned out to
bear a striking resemblance to Genesis, the Epistle to the Romans, and Saint Augustine's
City of God. Behind descriptions of market reforms, monetary policy and the convolutions
of the Dow, I gradually made out the pieces of a grand narrative about the inner meaning
of human history, why things had gone wrong, and how to put them right. Theologians call
these myths of origin, legends of the fall, and doctrines of sin and redemption. But
here they were again, and in only thin disguise: chronicles about the creation of wealth,
the seductive temptations of statism, captivity to faceless economic cycles, and
ultimately, salvation through the advent of free markets, with a small dose of ascetic
belt tightening along the way, especially for the East Asian economies."
SoAmazing Review: Fertile voices with fresh eyes
provide invigorating perspectives in The Best Christian Writing 2000,
a wonderful collection of essays sure to stimulate your mind!
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