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I Need a Time Out

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I have two friends I’ve known for a long time; one I met in grade 6, and the other in grade 10. I grew up in a small town so we definitely interacted in school and occasionally at social events but they didn’t become friends until after we graduated and I left the country. I attended Bible school in Austria; I loved it and enjoyed the experiences but at times I missed the feeling of being “familiar” to someone. I wrote to many people (and by ‘write’ I mean letters – with a pen and paper - this was before email). They were the only ones who replied. And so our friendship grew through distance; we’ve never lived in the same city since but they are among my closest friends – my BFFs. For the past 20+ years, I see my two friends at least once a year. We’ve lived a lot of life in those 20 years – marriages, babies, job changes, relocations. We live in different parts of the world (Korea, Winnipeg, and me on the West Coast), so this year we gathered together in Kansas City, MO. Inte

Psalms for Sunday, LXXVII

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Alone, I go about my day, cooking and cleaning and singing softly to The One I Love, "I love you, I love you, I love you." Suddenly I hear I'm not alone and a deep, melodious voice joins me singing, "I love you, I love you, I love you." I stop singing and the words keep going, "I love you, I love you, I love you." The words go to the depths of my soul and I'm held by the sound of your voice and the love you have for me, "I love you, I love you, I love you."  There's nothing more beyond this truth, "I love you, I love you, I love you." I return the words and sing louder, stronger, "I love you, I love you, I love you."