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Rocking Chair

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This story includes a couple characters from 'Afternoons With Mister D'. Monica, a nurse from the convalescent home, and Lloyd, her pianist fiancĂ©. Afternoons With Mister D He looked around the wallpapered room.  The pattern was dated, like something his own grandmother would have had on her walls.   The whole idea of papering walls seemed ancient.   Still, he liked the room, as it was.   The oldness made him feel comfortable. He’d been here before, with Monica.  She was his girlfriend and fiancĂ© then.  Now she was his wife, and this was the living room of her grandmother’s house. This was the first time Lloyd had ever come here alone.  On his first visit, with Monica holding his hand in hers, he felt scrutinized.  He knew he didn’t belong.  He and Monica, theirs were two worlds with conflicting histories. The coffee table in front of him, which might have pre-dated his parents, was decorated with matching tea cups, a bouquet of fresh c...

Warnings (Titus 3:8-11)

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  This is a true saying. I want you to give special emphasis to these matters, so that those who believe in God may be concerned with giving their time to doing good deeds, which are good and useful for everyone.  But avoid stupid arguments, long lists of ancestors, quarrels, and fights about the Law. They are useless and worthless.  Give at least two warnings to those who cause divisions, and then have nothing more to do with them.  You know that such people are corrupt, and their sins prove that they are wrong. Titus 3:8-11 Warnings, twice to those who divide the intention of the Word. Do not break down the law of love with arguments and quarrels. Corruption and sin are ever present. Give yourself to unity. Bring together what has been separated, as the Lord brought the fisherman to the tax collector. Warnings, twice and you have made the effort. Nurture the wheat and have nothing to do with the weeds. copyright 2017 - Don...