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Inspirational verse submitted by readers.

Quiet witness: Christian Science practitioner

My friend discerned and stood by facts instead of arguments or personal design. (Once I reported the arrival of an airline flight at seven-ten.

Holiness bring

I. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

"The vital part..."

Amid the trembling hopes of human need— Beyond man's laws which often fail to free— The statute of almighty God still stands: "I AM, and I have not forsaken thee. " This law of Love and great Immanuel Can never be obstructed or repealed.

Doubtful or grateful?

Is doubt full? Or empty? Wondering, worrying, fretting, scurrying in what-ifs, doubt is full of nothing at all! Full of zero. Full of blank.

Beachcombing versus baptism

Pieces and partials abound on the shore. Hints of the whole held in fragmented hues Segments of circles Sections of curves Spirals and splinters All simply clues.

No greater love

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 The woman read the words Then closed the book, Feeling sad.

Justified?

"Neither do I condemn thee .

Onward

Shattering blow? No, Opportunity to grow! Why lie musing In the dust of shattered dreams On what might once have been. It never was the Father's will.

The ring

Paul was dead—the people thought, and drew his body from the city. But the disciples gathered near.

All things are possible

How wonderful To know with God All things are possible. To know this day, this hour, I can begin To challenge every subtle claim of sin That would deceive, delay My recognition of God's perfect way.

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