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Some inventions were clearly built by engineers. Others looked as though they had been assembled by people who had first asked a bird for advice. Her flying chair belonged to the second group. It had one enormous yellow balloon overhead. A tiny motor buzzed politely behind her. Two small propellers insisted they were helping. Several…
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2 Timothy 2:8-10 Heavy Grapes Twelve men came back through the dust. Their sandals were tired. Their shoulders carried the road. Between them, hanging from a pole, was a cluster of grapes too heavy for one man to lift for long. Two men carried it for a while. Then another pair took the weight. Sometimes…
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Some bring stories on paper.Some bring wisdom in steps. Nobody knew where the leopard worked. That was the first mystery. The second was his bag. It was always full. Every morning he walked through the village dressed entirely in white. White scarf. White shoes. White satchel. White folders carefully arranged inside. Children waved. Grandma waved.…
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2 Timothy 2:3-7 Grape Morning A young father pushed the cart slowly between the rows. The wheels pressed into the soft earth. Grapes leaned over the wooden sides, dark and full, still cool from the morning. One cluster had broken in his hand, leaving a purple stain on the corner of his sleeve. Behind him,…
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The map declared disaster.The sugar disagreed. Grandma always believed that leaving the sugar jar open for five minutes was harmless. This time she accidentally took a much longer nap. Five ants discovered the opportunity almost immediately. The first two workers happily tightened the straps of their tiny backpacks. The third climbed onto the rim of…
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2 Timothy 2:1-2 Lost Shoes The son came home looking like someone the road had almost erased. Dust clung to his feet. Hunger had thinned his face. The robe he once wore was gone, and whatever remained on him carried the smell of a far country. To the servants, he may have looked like a…
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Everyone searched for legendary cheese.One mouse accidentally found breakfast. Every mouse in the village knew about The Famous Cheese. It was terribly old. Wonderfully expensive. Extremely difficult to find. Older mice described it with misty eyes. “It should smell frightening.” “It should make your whiskers water.” “It should take at least three dangerous nights to…
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2 Timothy 1:15-18 Cooling Stone The new tomb still carried the scent of freshly cut stone. Its walls had never held a body before that evening. Outside, Jerusalem was beginning to lean toward Sabbath. Inside, the light was thin, held up by an oil lamp in a man’s hand. Joseph of Arimathea stood near the…
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Every afternoon after school, the children gathered in Tom’s garage. This required permission. Not because they were building an aircraft. Nobody knew that part yet. At first, they simply announced they were working on a project. Parents approved. Projects sounded educational. The children agreed. This project eventually became educational by accident. The first month produced…
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2 Timothy 1:13-14 Wood Dust The wood did not hurry in Joseph’s hands. A board had to be measured before it was shaped. A joint had to be fitted before it could hold. Tools had their place. Work had its rhythm. A younger hand learned by watching an older one, then by trying, then by…
