Tag: the devil
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Are You Hiding In The Bushes?
I’d like to begin this post with two questions. The first – “Are you hiding in the bushes?” The second – “Who’s in the bushes with you?” Not long after God created Adam and Eve, not long after He blessed them and told them to be fruitful and multiply, and shortly after telling them they […]
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A Matter Of Faith
I recently asked my Facebook friends “Is the devil real – yes or no?”. Overwhelmingly their response was yes. Okay. Does that mean the devil IS real? No. Public opinion doesn’t make a thing true or false. If YOU asked YOUR Facebook friends the same question, yours might respond in a different way. Back to […]
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Mister Big
In my sixty years of living on this blue orb we call Earth, I’ve met just a few people I’d describe as big. I mean BIG. Of course, there are different ways of measuring people. When I was in grade school I met a man known as the Wilson Giant. He was skinny and 8′ […]
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A Mouthy Snake
A long time ago, back when life was good, and things were as they were meant to be, there lived a man, a woman, and their God. And a mouthy snake. There were other reptiles, birds, and animals in the area, but since they aren’t the principle players in this story I won’t share any […]
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A Pleasurable Python?
How much pleasure can be derived from having a 12 foot Python as a pet? A pet, according to the dictionary, is “a domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility.” So how would someone find pleasure in a huge, powerful snake? Maybe the snake could be trained to fetch a newspaper. Imagine the look […]
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Enemy? What Enemy?
“Enemy? Who me? I don’t have any enemies. I’m friendly to everyone and everything.” That is the kind of attitude I picture Adam and Eve having. After all, they were living in Eden, the place of ultimate pleasure; Utopia for those of you who aren’t quite convinced about this God thing. Anyway, there was an […]
Jan Grace 