As if to defy the desert lurking within reach, vineyards and orchards dot the low hills and plains around my new home. Summer baked the vines draped in rows and the fruit on the boughs, until bright colors flashed when I drove by fence made by trees as wind breaks. As each crop reached its peak, the ...
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God, are you out there? Do you see me? Even at the ends of the earth, do you see me? I'm at the ends of the earth this week, and I'm lifting my eyes, and I'm seeing such great darkness and pain. Sometimes I don't want to see what you show me. I'd rather cover my eyes and just look at my own stuff. ...
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After lifting our eyes yesterday (see Part 1 here) to see the needs refugees moving across Europe, my heart was heavy and full. I called it "European" because the first waves are washing first over Europe, but this belongs to us all. It is global. How reassuring to know that God does not turn away ...
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From the first stories of the earliest people, we've found it hard to lift our eyes. We're afraid of what we'll see, yet God coaxes us, calling us to look up. The Almighty called Abraham to look up and see the Land He would give him and the ram He would provide in place of his son. And when Isaac ...
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I could feel her heart heaving through our clasped hands. Her tears flowed as we took her cares to the Lord together. When our world is awash with a storm of burdens, how can we lift our eyes?
No one has to help me see my own wants and worries. Do you? God’s word talks about lifting our eyes when ...
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