Randal, plain and simple
Randal, plain and simple
Randal
My name is Randal. Missus and I have lived in Brazil since 1984. Key word: Grateful.
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A name’s no number, but a person: A number measures ─ a software version. God knows my name, he knows my mind. He knows the beliefs that keep me confined. The Sovereign knows when I’m distraught, The hairs on my head, my private thought,...
Does loss or gain affect my soul? Can humans gauge glory's weight? Celestial portals open wide. The Way is narrow, but Heaven's gate Welcomes body and spirit, whole.
Talk of mind and heart is human; The touch is healing to the soul. Life affirmed in warmest greeting Gladdens and makes a body whole.
From strength to strength forward we go, Both left and right would call us; We pray the Lord the way to show, That no evil befall us.
To cadenced words he flees, To prayer upon his knees; Emotions run amok, Dark visions together flock. Gratitude brings mental ease.
Not a few people ask for financial help via the internet when they have an expense above and beyond their normal obligations. It's impossible to evaluate the majority of them. Funds for most of us are limited. One may feel sorry for...
Thought I had posted here on Mataroa more recently than the blog list shows, but guess not. Some over on Bear and on social accounts and FMag. Is all right, the world didn't end. ¶ Started this, give it a follow if you're on that...
Keep an eye on this Bible search site which searches in “meaning not in words.” It holds promise, even if it does use an offbeat Bible version, the BBE. I don’t remember where I saw this link to this effort, or I would acknowledge it....
Spent the major part of Sat. with the Missus at the hospital. Issue less severe than usual, but still tough and tiring. Mum hasn't been well, either. Worrisome at her age. Maybe it's just the flu and symptoms from that. With all that, it...
“How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?” Psalm 79:5. As the psalmist looks out upon the rubble of his life—perhaps the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 586 BC—he expresses the same...
Your sins will find you out. So says the Word, as a matter of fact. Feel not the smallest doubt: God’s justice is sure, his knowledge exact. First line comes from Numbers 32.23, Moises speaking to the men of Gad and Reuben.
Come near, O God, and flood my heart, Your Spirit in my soul; My others see in me the Lord, Your glory the greater goal. The morning sun in splendor grows Arising through the skies; In me the grace of kindness flows To illumine darkened...
“Love me,” cries the introvert, “But keep your distance!” From others’ gaze his eyes avert With feared insistence.
Night has fallen, coolness seeping. The head is heavy, with weakened limbs. A final prayer midst fainting hymns. All is still. Humans sleeping.
I like the Oxford Bible Commentary in many ways. But the author of the commentary on Mark can't stop telling the reader how confused and wrong the gospel is. Time to find another one as I read through the gospel. NBC21 is pretty good....