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Safe Submission

by Sunny on January 20, 2010 · 6 comments

Submission. Often said with scorn, dread, or fear. If you are submissive you are likened to a cowering dog. Weak, fearful, useless.

Yet that isn’t God’s view of submission.

horse-jump-d-lund-2003As a rider, when I select the ideal horse to spend a day on, it is a submissive horse. One that is full of power and agility. Confident and quick. Intelligent and brave. Submissive and obedient. None of the strengths of a horse are worth anything to the rider without submissiveness and obedience. When they are there the rider can take a mediocre horse and do great things.

The other options are a boring horse, a dangerous horse, or a spooky horse. The boring horse has given [click to continue…]

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Thunder, Lightning, and a still small voice

by SunnyAugust 13, 2009

Last night was a spectacular show of God’s power! Wow! Thunder cracked so loud it sounded like the boom of fireworks going off in the house. Lightning flashed so bright it made my eyes hurt. I don’t know if there were several storms all packed tight together or if the one was spinning over us, [...]

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