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My Dog Is Better at Surrender Than I Am. Learning to drop it, leave it, and trust God.
Maverick has learned two wonderful commands: “Drop it” and “Leave it.” “Drop it” because, while on our daily walks, he finds everything. Chewed bubble gum (no, he can’t blow bubbles…yet), empty water bottles, kids’ underpants (creeper), mini liquor bottles, potato chip bags, candy bags, and, most recently, a softball he so proudly carried all the…
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Reflecting on Easter and reading Matthew 27:45-50 (ESV), I imagined myself in the scene. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” And some of the bystanders,…
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