Category: For the heart
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The Blended Cures – Short Story
This is an illustrated story that comes with a set of cards, depicting the green medicine bottles with the letters of the alphabet. Mrs Bloomfield was a crusty old hypochondriac. She loved being ill and if she did not have a real illness, she invented one to get attention. “Help! Help!” Mrs Bloomfield called from…
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How to Not Be a Jerk (to the wife you love)
When you and your wife are going through a rough season, here is a note to self, to help you avoid being a jerk.
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The Hosea Series
Here are the links to the series about Hosea and Gomer. The biblical story of Hosea and Gomer is one of the most powerful love stories I have heard. I believe it is true. I have spoken on this topic at a few churches and, to be honest, I have really struggled to get through…
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The Cage. The Finale (Hosea Part 8)
Hosea doesn’t tell us about the moments when the world turned right way up again, but we can see from the words he penned at the end of his memoir that it did indeed work out for them, and that they lived happily ever after.
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The Merchant with Dishonest Scales (Hosea Part 7)
“And you know what else? You love to grind me down into the dirt! You find pleasure in winning, pleasure in breaking me!”
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Like Pus (Hosea Part 6)
She won’t even meet her own eyes. She is a vain woman, after all. Her success as a seductress was largely dependent on her beauty. And now this? How shaming! The boils are desperately painful to the touch. They make it hard to move, hard to eat, hard to sleep. They are a constant drain…
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Reliable as Sunrise, Soothing as the Rain (Hosea Part 5)
That’s what it feels like when Hosea turns up, she muses. He is like the spring rain, pattering down on the dry, winter soil, making the trees shiver in anticipation. There’s something special about his presence. He’s not mean or bitter or angry. He is constant and gentle. He’s soothing. He cools her heat. When…
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Speak To Her Heart (Hosea Part 3)
“Speak to her heart, Hosea,” God says. And Hosea pulls a face. “Her heart? What the hell are you talking about?”
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The Lonely Fool (Hosea Part 2)
Two things are crystal clear. First, Hosea is hurt and angry because his wife is creeping on him. Second, he is NOT going to give up on her.
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