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Reasons and Rebuttals - Part Five

When Moses came to the end of his life, he blessed each of the tribes of Israel before they entered the Promised Land.  The descendants of Joseph he blessed with the Favor of Him Who dwells in the burning bush, and so far we've learned that this Favor finds us right where we are, draws near to us, takes us as we are, and introduces Himself to us in a new and ancient way.  In this final installment of the series "Through the Eyes of an Old Flame", we'll embark on a journey only the Bush-Dwelling Fire could have foreseen and a desert-dwelling shepherd struggled to believe.  (You can read the first 4 posts on this passage below.)  Through the Eyes of an Old Flame Found - the Favor of the Fire Barefoot Before the Bush Things Kinda Fell Apart After Picklehead   When my younger brother was in 6th grade, he got into an altercation at school.  I don't remember what it was about, but I remember he came home a little bruised and extremely nervous to have to tel

Things Kinda Fell Apart After "Picklehead" - Part Four

Part One Part Two Part Three While I was unemployed, I had a lot of time on my hands and I was so grateful to spend much of it at the home of my brother and sister in love.  They were so gracious to let me come and stay and love on their 6 babies - it truly was oxygen to my soul.  It was so healing.  I have so many great memories from those trips, and a lot of really funny stories, as you can imagine, from spending so much time with them and their kids who were aged 1-10 at the time.   The Irish twins on a pine cone hunt and bike ride with AnutLisa. My favorite thing was waking up to the faintest little knock on the bedroom door and little giggly girls coming in to wake up "AnutLisa".  Eva (5) and Chloe (4) pictured here, are "Irish twins" having been born just a year and ten days apart.  They were at such a fun age, and said some of the funniest (and often quoted) little one-liners.  They would come in and see if I was awake, and we'd talk or play c