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Nature’s grace reminds us that our Creator is as near as our next opportunity to pray.
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(Updated November 16)
Hardship forces us to grab hands with one another and pull up closer together.
From Philippians 2:17-18: “But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with all of you; in the same way also you should rejoice and rejoice together with me.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
This informative post will be published on Saturday in place of my regular one. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
One of these words does not belong: brawl, carrot, change, clover, proper, sacred, stone, seventy, swing, travel.
(answer found at the end of this post)
Upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman assumes the high office of the United States President. He becomes the 33rd Chief Executive, and he will serve from 1945 to 1953.
Here are a few interesting facts about President Truman:
Nicknamed “The Man from Independence,” Truman’s early life exhibits a strong work ethic and a commitment to education. During World War I, he serves as an army artillery officer in the European theater.
Truman’s legal name does not include a middle name or initial. He adds the middle initial “S”. In 1934, his political career rises in prominence as he is elected to the United States Senate. He serves in the Senate until the election of 1944 when he is nominated and elected as President Roosevelt’s running mate.
Truman steps into the Presidency at a critical time as World War II is drawing to a close. He deals with several significant events, such as:
Following the conclusion of World War II, Truman supports the Marshall Plan, which provides American aid for economic recovery in war-torn Europe. As the beginnings of the Cold War heat up, he encourages American support for nations who are attempting to resist the influence of communist Soviet Union. This initiative becomes known at the Truman Doctrine.
Facing an uphill campaign in 1948, Truman desires to be elected to his own term as President. He narrowly defeats the Republican candidate, Thomas E. Dewey.
Much of Truman’s final four years as President are consumed with the Korean War, which begins in 1950. He leads a coalition of allies who assist South Korea in defending itself from its northern neighbor.
Carrot. It is the only word that does not become another word when the first and last letters are removed.
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Never feel afraid of what tomorrow will teach you.
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(Updated November 15)
There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.
There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is more risk in failure to act.
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd President of the United States.
Tested
By circumstances
Faith’s resolute light
Loneliness retreats to shadows
Trusting
Faced
With darkness
Faith’s boldest moves
Enemy expelled by light
Overwhelming
Surrounded
By storms
Faith gathers strength
Rising from Calvary’s light
Reassuring
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
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When we faithfully trust in God’s light, our challenges are now seen as hills instead of mountains.
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(Updated November 14)
I love the challenge. It’s one of the greatest joys of my life, but does it fill the deepest wants and desires of my heart? Absolutely not.
From Ecclesiastes 2:11: “Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.”
Scottie Scheffler (born 1996) is an American professional golfer. He has often given testaments that his Christian faith is more important than his golf career. This quote came from an interview with Scheffler.
Frosty autumn morning
Sunrise clouded over
Waiting with winter’s breath
Before snow’s promised takeover
Northerly, frigid wind
Few leaves offer cover
Slumbering trees now rest
Under fall’s tattered slipcover
Ground covered in color
Every shade, gold or red
An orange, here and there
Softening nature’s welcome bed
Season’s final page turns
Written with autumn’s hand
Joy never forgotten
Painting inspires love’s motherland
Remembering colors
Recalling every smell
Illustrating patience
Casting each breath of autumn’s spell
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Along a nature trail through a nearby park, my steps always discover nature’s bounty waiting on the ground as autumn grinds towards winter.
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(Updated November 13)
Big Sky Buckeye 