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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“So now, what are you waiting for? Get up and be immersed [into Christ], and have your sins washed away as you appeal to His name [i.e., to Christ's authority].” Acts 22.16 AUV. This is an extended translation, maybe bleeding into...
Help us find ourselves in your will, O God. Help us lose ourselves in your love, O Father. Help us plant ourselves in your truth, O Light. Help us busy ourselves in your harvest, O Lord.
YEAR 40 | 2024-10-01 | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL Over 30 people came to hear teaching for couples, called “From Inside to inside,” Sept. 28 in the congregation Jardim Presidente Dutra, in the city of Guarulhos. We left home at 3.30...
The second hand is sweeping ’round the clock. It mocks the man who strives to make it stop; Who deems that time is money ─ not enough hours In a day; who vainly seeks to increase his powers. And still the falling finger moves ahead,...
Great God and Father in Heaven, Show us the way today as we read the Word and seek to apply it to our moments and challenges. Help us to do our work with gratitude, zeal, and excellence. Glorify yourself in us that others might see your...
Notes float on the breeze Music wafting from unknown An enchanting tune
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.” (Luke 11:43-44 ESV) Горе вам, фарисеям,...
YEAR 40 | 2024-09-14 | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL Vicki spoke at a regional women’s event in the city of Ribeirão Preto, upstate, on Saturday, Aug. 17. She was one of three speakers. The theme was on Mary as an example for women....
In the slow process of going through tons of papers, a journal entry appeared from January, 2003. Daughter and I watched a fictionalized account of a spiritual figure (in VHS, of course). Finding mentions of moments like these are good...
Important things I did today? I checked up on my mom. I went out and came home. I thanked my wife. I called a friend, Sent a writer a reader's praise. These were the things that mattered. Oh, and I did some work as well.
I wrote this 2003-01-10 for my UPLift ezine. You Are Not Alone The last few days I've been corresponding with a lady in Portugal who is undergoing chemotherapy after a mastectomy. She appears to be afraid of opening up to others and...
Just gimme a box with a blinking cursor for text, And I'll type words and strings for when I'm vexed. Within a rectangle feelings will splash and bounce. Some I will embrace, and some renounce. There's hope for a healthier mind on the...
Death is nearer, more by day and hour, But Christ has pulled its teeth and drawn its power. Signs it leaves stalking in the thick of weeds, To safe and open meadows the Shepherd leads. This life is full of hardship, pain, and woes; Alone...
Is there place for a holy dissatisfaction with the way we’re doing things as God's people? (I refuse to say “doing church”.) More, is there a place for making necessary changes to nudge us closer to the Word and away from the general...
Just some general thoughts tonight. The legacy you leave may well be different than that you planned for. In less than 24 hours, Brazilian Christians rallied to provide the equivalent of more than eight thousand dollars for the surgery...