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Year: 2012

I borrow this book from my pastor. This book is given to new church members – a good basic book, not real exciting, but not boring. The first 1/2 is pretty good. After that it was dragging a bit. It’s a good book to read and use for discipling others. The book gives a good understanding of what the gospel is, not just at the point of “accepting Christ” but the what you should do after “accepting Christ.” It also gives a proper perspective of “church” and what it means to be a member of a church.

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Why is it that all flashbacks to childhood are negative?

It may not be true of everyone but majority of people I know remember the embarrassing moments, the failures, the rejections, the worst of times. Those memories, even back to 3rd grade, still haunt me. This is 40+ years later and I still get a knot inside as I remember how I was made fun of, how I said something stupid in class, and how I came in last place in a race.

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Another E.L. Konigsbury lend to me by my friend E. And now I see why Konigsbury is one of E’s favorite authors.

Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver is something of a historical fiction. I don’t know how accurate it is, but since I don’t know much about the Middle Ages, it doesn’t matter to me. At least it gave me a bit of insight into the aristocracy in those days. Very good reading, I couldn’t put it down.

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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsbury is a very fun book to read. I love children books like this. It’s simple yet there is something deep about it. The author understands the heart of a child, and speaks to both adults and children with action, humor, relationship and character developments. The innocence of a child’s perspective towards life is nicely portrayed, and that is something we can all learn from. I like the little twist in the ending.

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Thank you, E for lending me this book. I couldn’t put it down and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I liked everything about the book, the intrigue, the fictional dialogue mixed with historical information, learning something about Leonardo da Vinci, and it had a surprise ending, well, it was surprising to me at least. For once, I am going to tell you, don’t read the last page or you’ll spoil the whole story.

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On Sunday I read to the children an incident in the life of Hudson Taylor.

As a way to build his spiritual muscles to depend on God before he went to China as a missionary, Taylor decided to ask God to remind his boss to pay him, rather than Taylor himself reminding his boss, who often was too busy to remember to pay him on time.

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If I was Lazarus, I wouldn’t want Jesus to raise me from the dead.

It is unpleasant at best, and torturous in many circumstances, to die, but to have to die twice…please spare me.

And after Lazarus came back to life, he lived in fear because the authorities wanted to kill him. What kind of…

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Control

Filed under Spiritual lifeby Joyful

I notice that when we have aches and pains, we have an expectation that it can be treated and cured.

We go to the doctor to get a diagnosis and expect the problem to be solved with meds or surgery or therapy or something. When no diagnosis is found – “we don’t know what is causing your pain”, we feel hopeless. It feels scary that we can’t grasp it and solve it.

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