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Coming Home to God

Coming Home to God

As I was preparing to move to Ethiopia, I was reflecting on the story of the burning bush. God told Moses to remove his shoes because the ground he was standing on was holy. I get that. But I don’t think God’s only purpose was to teach Moses some religious etiquette. He had some deeper meaning behind the order. What could it be? Let’s use some Biblical imagination. Maybe it was all about coming home to God. Now Moses was…

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I Can Only Imagine

I Can Only Imagine

It’s Melodic Monday! Today’s song is I Can Only Imagine by Mercy Me. We recently took a wonderful 2-week vacation but even though the time away was great the home-coming was so utterly sweet that it made me wonder what it will be like to get to heaven one day. I can only imagine. I can only imagine What it will be like When I walk By your side I can only imagine What my eyes will see When your…

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Getting Epiphanies by Going Away

Getting Epiphanies by Going Away

Our family just recently took a holiday to Lapland. We spent a week in the winter wonderland and had great time. Coming home is always a pleasure no matter how much fun you had away. This time I was even blessed with an epiphany: I realized that this house in which we moved just few months ago really had become our home! This newfound understanding intensified my happy feelings of sweet homecoming. I have moved around a lot in my…

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