Prayerful Pondering
by Pat Luffman Rowland
Author: Pat Luffman Rowland
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From 1984 to 1998, I worked closely with patients, family members and their health care providers at Methodist Healthcare in Memphis. For most of those years, I wrote the stories of some of the people I met in those patient rooms and critical care waiting rooms. The following is taken from a story published in…
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Ravi Zacharias says there are three of each of us: There is who the world thinks we are, who we think we are, and who Gods knows us to be. I am so grateful for that last one—who God knows me to be. One of the quickest ways for me to fall flat on my…
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On Thursdays, I tutor second grade girls in reading. The school where I tutor is an arm of our church and Bible is part of the curriculum. The time I spend with the girls allows for some chit-chat where I can get to know them better, and I admit this is my favorite part. I…
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Read Matthew 26:36-46, Mark 14: 32-42, Luke 22:39-46 The first three gospels give the account of Jesus’ last time in prayer as a free man. There are subtle variances, yet by reading all three reports we have the best picture of Jesus’ time in the garden of Gethsemane. It may be here that Jesus felt…
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And Israel said to Joseph, I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also. Gen 48:11 RSV I cannot help but think of how the years without Joseph must have been for Israel (first called Jacob). Joseph was the son of his beloved Rachel, the woman he…
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Forty nine years ago today, a beautiful little girl was born to me. It had been a difficult pregnancy, much of it spent in bed, but Kristi Leigh McClain entered this world with all ten fingers and all ten toes, a head full of black hair, and perfect form. She kept me waiting five weeks…
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:14 ESV We lift up the Son of Man when we understand who He is and gratefully come under Him as our Savior and Lord. We lift up the Son of Man when we declare…
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I have concern for our young people and their lack of boundaries. One young celebrity after the other seeks to out-shock the last and our youth laugh and follow their lead. There is total disregard for the body being the temple of God; it is put on crude display in one disgusting way after the…
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A favorite Christian musician fell and he fell hard. People forgot the richness of his ministry and rushed to pick up stones to throw. Words were hurled in his direction: ugly accusing words, self-righteous words. Now he has returned and His love songs to God soar high just like before. His praise again leads in…