August 19, 2022
by Dale Van Dyke
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Category:
Heaven
| Tags: resurrection, Heaven, joy, home, peace, glory, homesick
I’m reading an excellent book called Pastoral Graces by Lee Eclov, in which he says that God’s children have a Spirit-given homesickness about them.
“God gives his people a homing instinct when the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us.”
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July 8, 2022
by Dale Van Dyke
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Category:
Christianity
| Tags: Heaven, Ecclesiastes, Summer, Change, Eternity
I’m making my way through Ecclesiastes recently in my devotions. It reads like a lament: a man with “eternity in his heart” grieving the fleeting nature of life in this world. How can things matter when nothing lasts?...
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April 16, 2021
by Wayne Veenstra
| Tags: Heaven, anticipation, joy
Recently our family took a trip to Chicago to visit the Shedd Aquarium. As parents, we’ve come to learn that we need to be intentional about when we reveal surprises to our kids. If we do it too early, we’re going to get asked the same question endlessly for weeks on end.
This time we didn’t tell the kids until we had them safely strapped in the van. Suzanne an...
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July 31, 2020
by Dale Van Dyke
| Tags: Anxiety, Death, Heaven
August anxiety is only a few days away. I’ve experienced this for as long as I can remember but have only recently identified it. It’s the anxiety that comes from the sense that summer is slipping by, far too quickly. I feel the need to be ‘out there’ taking in as much sunshine and summer smells as I possibly can. There are the aromas of fresh hay and verdant woods...
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