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"BEHOLD, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? "For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the Lord." Malachi 3:1-4 ___________________________ MY SPOT was perfect.., or so it seemed. I'd gotten my lunch and a soda at the supermarket earlier that morning. Just a short drive in my Jeep past Carlson's store took me to the bridge.., one quick turn onto the dirt road and I'd arrived at the bank of the river. Then I sat in my blue folding chair after casting my fishing line far out into the lightly muddied water. I slowly opened my tuna and onion sub. “Perfect,” I thought... “just perfect.” After taking a bite of the fish sandwich, I wondered how long it'd be before the fish would get the idea and take the bait. Serene it was, this lunch time foray... that is until the messenger showed up. He came bumping into the dirt road in an old mint, Chevy pickup. His bearded face grinned |
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out at me as he drove past a bit, and then stopped to back into a spot next to my Jeep. He gunned the engine a little, just enough to let the exhaust rumble and pop. I could tell from the lumpy idle, that the truck was equipped with more than the original six-cylinder, stove bolt Chevy engine. |
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He popped a creaky door open. He was elderly... at least older than myself in my mind's eye. I sat in my black clerics judging the man, for his blue jeans had holes in the knees. A dirty white “Good Guys” tee shirt was the foundation for a |
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In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea.., “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:1-2 |
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A Great Fisherman... |
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“Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Jesus, the Christ
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