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12 hrs ago·edited 12 hrs ago

Ah, those decisions that are irrevocable give me heartburn. Like the decisions on pension plans beneficiaries! I guess you intended for this to land the day before the election?!

Here's an image from a German medieval book illustrating the difference between the narrow way and the broad and easy path. I found this almost 20 years ago and begged an elderly German friend to translate the text, which I overlaid on the original. I like it better than your image which is a bit small to decipher.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/The_narrow_way_%28to_heaven%29_versus_the_broad_and_easy_way.jpg

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That's charming! To my eye it's maybe 15th century? Can you tell me where it comes from?

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14 hrs agoLiked by Debra Esolen

Help! The preacher who married my husband and me gave us a test during marriage prep. Then he told us "You are the most compatible couple I've ever tested, but you'll have a tough time making decisions, because neither of you wants to be the one to decide.". And lo, it came to pass. 39 years later, we still flee decision-making. Lord, have mercy!😅

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Hahaaa!

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16 hrs agoLiked by Debra Esolen, Anthony Esolen

I enjoyed sharing this account of Solomon's wisdom with my kids long ago and more recently with my grandkids. Experiencing the power of Scripture through children helps me believe what Jesus said about the little ones.

On a baseball note…..seems our Yanks DECIDED to throw in the towel in the fifth. Ouch.

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Ah, the errors! And the irony of it is that both Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo are very fine with the glove. Judge had only made 13 errors in his entire career. For a guy like Greg Luzinski, that was just one season's worth, and while letting Garry Maddox take as many of the fly balls as possible ...

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16 hrs agoLiked by Debra Esolen, Anthony Esolen

If it all comes down to courage, then ultimately that courage must be used to decide, to decide “whom you will serve”

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That's right. We will obey: the question is not whether, but whom.

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