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We have a 'now you see Him, now you don't' God. We have Himself clothed in visions, in dreams, in metaphors, in parables, in the poetry of the Bible, and in all the ordinariness of the lives we live.

Luci Shaw

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Luci Shaw
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 1
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Disappointment often focuses on the failure of our own agenda rather than on God's long-term purposes for us, which may use stress and struggle as tools for strengthening our spiritual muscles.
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Beauty is there to be noticed. Too often it is taken for granted because we are moving too fast to let it in and allow it to deliver its message in us. We need to pay attention. To show indifference to beauty is an insult to its Creator.
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Faith today is not enough for tomorrow. It must be constantly renewed by a conscious act.
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Being in a state of mystery seems to be my calling.
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