Category: Old Testament Ponderings
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Rassle Mania
I went to a WWE match the other day. Okay, it wasn’t real WWE; it was just some of us kids rassling in the backyard. Tommy thought he was hot stuff, winning every round. He was ready to take on the world. He had his eye set on Little Joe,…
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5K to Couch
My heart doctor said that I needed to exercise more. I bought some running shoes and downloaded a plan to run a 5K. I even signed up for a race. My shin splints yelling and blisters weeping, I thought it may be better to live on the couch than to…
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Waiting
My great grandmother once told me she was waiting on God to come back. I asked how long she’d been waiting. She told me she’d been waiting my whole life. And she’d waited my mother’s whole life, even my grandmother’s whole life, ever since she was a little girl herself.…
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Plague of Death
The food consumed by mouth and fire; we seek the manna that God provides. The house emptied of yeast; we seek the bread of heaven. Our travel clothes, staff, and sandal ready; we seek the promised land. The plague of death is done; we seek the living God. This poem…
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Plagues
Eighty years have passedThe sons are killed once againLet my people go The haiku is based on Exodus 8-10, which is too long for me to include this week.
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Bomb’s Away
“Oh, yeah?!? Well, can you do this?” he asked, taking off his shoes and climbing up the tree, shimmying out onto a branch. “Of course I can!” she answered in reply. Kicking off her flip flops, she made her way up the tree and stood on a nearby branch. His…
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This Can’t Be Right
“I need more flour,” she huffed with her hands covered in sticky dough.“The recipe says no. We’ve put in the exact right amount.”“Seriously?” scraping her fingers on the side of the bowl. “How can that be? This is terrible. I’m covered in sticky goo.”“I’m certain that we measured correctly. The…
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Dumb, Deaf, Blind
Mouth to speak, ears to hear, eyes to see, dumb, deaf, and blind that I am. No worries, they work just fine. My mouth, when it’s my own, is quiet at giving praise. Almost as if kindness were some type of poison to my lips. My ears refuse to hear…
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Shoe Time
Mary Beth had not been asked to dinner since she moved West. She knocked on the door. “Come in! Come in! I’m so glad you could make it!,” her host exclaimed. She handed them a bouquet from her backyard. “Make yourself at home. I’ll go put these in some water…
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You’re Fired
There was a foreman that kept watch over a factory. One day, he saw a supervisor yelling at one of the workers. The foreman fired the supervisor on the spot and escorted him out of the building. He never even took the matter to human resources. The very next day,…
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