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Failing health and other knicknacks
By
Linda G. Howard
Sometimes I found myself wanting to treat my husband’s failing health as though it were a knicknack. In that way, I could put it on a shelf and forget all about it. I fought almost daily with this notion of detachment. Psychologist call this “compartmentalization.” In The Special Gathering, which is a ministry within the…
From information to revelation
By
Linda G. Howard
I was a bit shocked to read in Ecclesiastes that Solomon said that there will always be books and reading too much will confuse you. God understands that we will never learn everything about any subject. When I was a young woman, I learned the importance of studying and reading the Bible. I thought that…
A Small Word
By
Linda G. Howard
I was raised in a denomination that is currently being accused of worshiping the Bible. Understand, I don’t remember ever being told that the scriptures were co-equal in importance with the Godhead. What I do remember is a strong emphasis on daily Bible reading. In my mind, there was an equal emphasis with studying and…
Commitment–Not Excitement
By
Linda G. Howard
Is there a way to insure that God is working in our lives and in the lives of those people we care about? Perhaps it is the common and mundane that accents the Christian life more than any other attribute. When I was in my early 20’s, God suddenly started moving in the youth group…
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