Tag Archives: God

Identity

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Climbing Downhill

            Because of MS, what I used to be is not what I am now.  Because of MS, what I am now is not what I will be in the future.  But, what I am … Continue reading →

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Funnel Shaped Foliage

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Climbing Downhill

I watched their progress out the front window of our home.  Seeing them sprout each year seems the same, yet new, every time. They grow rather tall.  Last year we were sure we had a look alike weed trying to take … Continue reading →

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Stairway – Where Did They Go?

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Climbing Downhill

 In my last blog post “Stairway to Heaven?” (click here to see it), I wrote about images of the  path to heaven being a stairway – a unsettling vision for someone who cannot walk.  I’m not the first to think that way.  … Continue reading →

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Stairway to Heaven?

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Climbing Downhill

It will happen to all of us.  You know what they say, “life is 100 percent fatal”, and “it’s a hard and cold fact that one out of every one person dies”, and “nobody gets out of here alive”.  Yes, … Continue reading →

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You May Not Be Able to Tell….

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Climbing Downhill

……but I’m getting stronger. It’s a plain hard fact that MS is a thief.  It takes things away from those who involuntarily host it.  Things that used to belong to us now belong to MS.  It makes our bodies weak. But, as my … Continue reading →

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Refreshed

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Climbing Downhill

I woke to the sound of light rain tinkling on the windows.  We haven’t had rain in awhile and I’d missed its sound.  It wasn’t an angry rain, it was simply and softly refreshing the ground that badly needed it.  I … Continue reading →

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Wait

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Climbing Downhill

WAIT – Author Unknown Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried. Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate, And the Master so gently said, “Child, you must wait!” “‘Wait?’, you say, wait!” my … Continue reading →

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Why Bad Things Happen – Part 10 List

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Climbing Downhill

This is the 10th and final post in a series of written words that have helped me understand and/or accept the less desirable things that happen in my life.   This list was an insert in a church bulletin years ago. I … Continue reading →

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Why Bad Things Happen – Part 9 No Mistake

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Climbing Downhill

This is Part 9 of things that help me understand the reason why something bad has happened, or at least help me accept it.  I read and kept this poem years ago. He Maketh No Mistake  My Father’s way may … Continue reading →

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Why Bad Things Happen – Part 8 Quotes

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Climbing Downhill

We now resume our “Why” series for a few more posts. I have a little plaque that hangs in my house.  It reads “There are two things I try to remember every morning:  There’s a God, and I’m not Him.”   … Continue reading →

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