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    Your favourite books you read as a child

    A few short ones I can recall now: Charlotte’ Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, by EB White Platero and I, by Juan Ramón Jiménez, ’56 Nobel Prize The Little Prince, A. Saint-Exupery
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    80s hits

    A Filipino favorite sang by the balladeer Basil Valdez, altho still heard sang by other artists today. *Note: 'lamp upon my feet"
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    What was Sunday/Saturday sermon about?

    Preaching was on love and respect, based on Eph. 5.21-33. That there are ways to cultivate these, restore, and energize when they are dwindling. Sometimes we can even make past blunders laughing matters, altho not always. But we can have regular retreats from our heavy, daily concerns to forget...
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    Birthdays

    Speaking of birthdays, we've always had them simple. Only my eldest sister had her debut, a celebration wc the others or I didn't think we had to have. These days we still observe simple celebrations, none of the long guest lists, decors, etc., which were more part of a dedication when the...
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    Siblings in music

    Been thinking of the Bach siblings. Johann Sebastian Bach.. was a member of a remarkable family of musicians who were proud of their achievements, and about 1735 he drafted a genealogy, Ursprung der musicalisch-Bachischen Familie (“Origin of the Musical Bach Family”), in which he traced his...
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    to continue praying

    but He told me, "My grace is enough for you, for My power is brought to perfection in weakness." 2 Cor. 12.9 (CJB)
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    Bimonthly prayer request for India

    I was reading on Christians in India, and came to these: Since 2014, India has risen 11 spots on Open Doors’s World Watch List, and last year the advocacy group said that more than 12,000 Christians were attacked. However, at the same time—Indian Christians leaders like Vijayesh Lal remain...
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    Times you are happy being alone

    I'm happy alone with God's word early in the day. Also sitting or lying down on the grass, but prefer when w/ others really. Practicing on the violin for now, coz I do not really play it that well yet. While i'm thankful the kids tolerate mom while practicing sometimes, I am happy when I can...
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    Anyone else get excited for church on Sunday?

    So love, love that verse!
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    Anyone else get excited for church on Sunday?

    Me too, I just get so excited on sundays=). Due to travels, I've been missing some worship days though. Very recently, we had to go to manila on sunday, but I thought our child was a bit slow preparing things. Instead of leaving the house at 5 or 6 am as planned, we managed to leave abt an...
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    Losing the will to live

    We're just here, gemmy, lifting you up in prayer. God IS faithful, you know. Taste and see that He is so good too!
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    The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

    Psalm 38 (CJB) 10 My heart is throbbing, my strength is gone, and the light in my eyes has left me.
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    Is anybody listening to me?

    Some yrs ago, God allowed that I see such a one.. but when I did meet a Christian counselor to help out a son, I see the latter seemed to hear much, much more than the former (in just one meeting), when he has the Spirit of God listening to our words too, than the other doctor did=).
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    Is anybody listening to me?

    I often feel that, but it does not bother me that much now. Usually its with family that I want to be heard=), so if it seems hard to be heard, I try other means as short text msgs or email. Maybe they will read if not ready to listen. Besides when I send (usually) a short msg, I think it gives...
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    "Crying" songs

    Don't cry for me Argentina
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    When or why are you sad?

    At times it is because I cannot obey the Lord right away, and I rebuke myself.. When sorting thru files, albums and ephemera, i get nostalgic and somewhat teary-eyed seeing how our families/sibs have gone to distant places, and how our own children have grown! Sometimes I realize that I make...
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    60's / 70's Favorites

    https://www.scribd.com/document/368774952/What-the-World-Needs-Now-pdf
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    60's / 70's Favorites

    You beat me to it!