Thoughts of a Sojourner
Thoughts, Wanderings & Adventures of a Sojourner
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One of the Bible verses that I have focused on for the last 14 months is Psalm 30:5 – “Weeping may endure for a night, joy comes in the morning”. One of the truths of life is that every person will eventually experience a “night of weeping”. A night of weeping are normally brought on…
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Events in life have a way of shaping us. It has been my observation and experience that events whether they are happy or sad, joyful or tragic or victorious or enduring loss all have a knack for changing us. I do not believe that one navigates life and all the ebbs and flows involved without…
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Over the last few weeks, I have shared about rediscovering joy in life and one of the things that is a huge part of this journey of joy is living to embrace life. I think so many people busy themselves up with inconsequential things that they forget that great happiness, joy and contentment is found…
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In my last writing, I shared about my rediscovering joy and what it looked like in my life. As I have thought about this rediscovery, my mind has shifted to the question of “Why a Journey of Joy?”. In this life we are faced with many obstacles. Some of those obstacles are built out of…
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“For who hath despised the day of small things?” – Zechariah 4:10a I ran across this portion of scripture in my bible reading a few days ago and it caught my attention. I am planning to spend a few writings on “What Joy Rediscovered Looks Like” because that is where I am at in my…
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At the time of this writing, Kim has been in heaven for just over a year and in this past year and two weeks I have experienced so many ups and downs and a myriad of emotions. I have been acquainted with crushing heartbreak, grief, depression and joy. As I visited her grave today and…
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I have not posted in a couple of weeks because I knew today’s date was coming up and I knew I would want to share my thoughts. On this date, one year ago at 2:15am, my life would be shaken to its core. My precious bride of 34 1/2 years went home to be with…
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A quote by Pastor John Piper that I read very early during my grieving process goes as follows: “Occasionally weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God. And embrace the life you have.” The process of grieving is just that…a process. Some things I have…
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In my previous entry, I shared some of my experience of dealing with depression. During my years of growing up and even through adulthood, I never gave depression a lot of thought and even had the same thoughts at times like a lot of people that some people that talk about being depressed needed to…
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I never dreamed or really thought about what life without my bride would be like. Looking back over this nearly one year, I have discovered that there was never really a way to be prepared , especially emotionally and mentally, until a person enters that experience. I have also discovered that everyone’s journey of grief…
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