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Invisible Supernatural Bodyguards
Tonight I went to a new weekly meetup organized by my church community. There I met a kind, shy girl named Anne. We ended up chatting some more after the meetup until fairly late, being almost the last to leave by past 10 p.m. As we exited the building, we noticed a group of hooligans coming up our alleyway. Two young men, seemingly immigrants, who were clearly drunk and were hollering around rather loudly. This triggered Anne’s social anxiety rather badly and she was noticeably starting to panic. I, on the other hand, was almost unusually calm. Without a second thought I offered to accompany her to her bike, which…
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Ein unerwartetes Heilungswunder
Wie es so gestern im Fitnessstudio passiert ist (und koordinationsschwach wie ich bin), habe ich mich versehentlich verletzt, indem ich von einer Yoga-Maschine abgerutscht und mit dem linken Knie auf eine nur dünn gepolsterte Metallrolle gekracht bin - aua. So viel aua, dass ich heute mit einem leichten Humpeln herumlaufen musste, damit der Schmerz nicht ständig aufflammt. Dem Gefühl nach würde sich das in den nächsten paar Tagen sicherlich in einen fetten blauen Fleck verwandeln. Also hatten nun vor allem die Treppen in der Arbeit sich zu meinem Erzfeind des Tages entwickelt. Natürlich habe ich den Anlass sofort dazu missbraucht, um mich bei Gott darüber zu beklagen, wie es dieser Schmerz...
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Devotional: Ruth & Mary
I was on the bus heading to downtown Salzburg for our church’s weekly youth group bible study meetup, when I suddenly and out of nowhere started thinking about Ruth and Mary (the Mary). Two women with undeniably significant, if not monumental biblical importance, who ended up playing major, even historical roles in the very lineage of Christ Jesus Himself. And in my old nature’s still persistent, almost obsessive desire to be ‘special’ for God—perhaps even just as famous as these two women—I thought to myself, “Wow, what did they do to be bestowed such a great calling on?” As if they had ‘earned’ it. Surely they must have done something…
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