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Gratitude

The Last Time

20 July 2023 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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There will be a last time. A last time you will ever play a game with your children. A last time you will eat breakfast. A last time you will ever go to bed and sleep. For most people they have already experienced the last time for any number of life's ordinary … [Read more...] about The Last Time

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Death, Gratitude, Life

To Die is Gain

13 May 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

God’s main purpose for our existence is to Glorify Jesus Christ. God gave us life so that with our bodies and minds and hearts we might draw attention to Jesus and show His greatness and His goodness towards mankind. That is why Paul said, ..according to my earnest … [Read more...] about To Die is Gain

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Death, Glory, Gratitude

Lesser Things

6 May 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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Little arms like to wrap themselves around big things. There's the Matchbox car, which is fine, and then there's the combine harvester. There's playing with a doll in a bucket of water, and then there's putting on a wedding dress. We were five, and though our bodies were … [Read more...] about Lesser Things

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Contentment, Godliness, Gratitude

Gratitude, The Non-Crappy Version

21 November 2019 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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I recently heard someone say, "We don't deserve God's love and so, as Christians, we should be grateful that God loves us." Strange thing was, it didn't fill me with gratitude. It just upset my stomach. Somehow, being told I didn't deserve God's love didn't make me feel overly … [Read more...] about Gratitude, The Non-Crappy Version

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: God, Gratitude, Love

Crossing the Jordan

24 October 2019 By David Trounce 2 Comments

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Death is a miserable business. It takes us away from all that we cherish in this beautiful world that God has made. And though for the believer it may only represent a momentary transition into something more satisfying than we can imagine, it still has to be faced and … [Read more...] about Crossing the Jordan

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Apple Juice, Death, Gratitude

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.