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Just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi But his death, (Bourdain) coming just days after the suicide of the beloved designer Kate Spade, is at least as noteworthy for another reason: how powerfully it speaks to the discrepancy between what we see of people on the outside and what they’re experiencing on the inside; between their public…
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Just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi “Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” John Milton “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”…
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Just a thought by coppi
“On the same day, when evening had come, He [Jesus] said to them, ‘Let us cross over to the other side.’ Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat…
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Just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi “And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:18 My father died when I was very young. I don’t remember anything about him. My older sister, Ruth, will often tell me about him since she wants me…
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Just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi – written in 1920 “It’s one of those things people say. ‘You can’t move on until you let go of the past.’ Letting go is the easy part, it’s the moving on that’s painful. So sometimes we fight it, trying to keep things the same. Things can’t stay the same…
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Just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi What thlipsis (pressure , literally or figuratively):–afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble) are you bearing today? In the hard places of life, let us pray with St. Augustine: “God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road…
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Just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” Romans 12:2 NLT
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Just a thought by coppi
“Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth. ”John 1:51 “That by the angels of God ascending and descending, is to be understood, that a…
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Just a thought by coppi
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:10-11) Years ago while living in Dallas, TX, we were good friends with a…
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Just a thought by coppi
“The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death. Everywhere it is the story of resurrection.” – Eugene Peterson Back to my days in Dallas: Those days I truly was a roadrunner. I was trying to do everything and…
Just a thought by coppi 