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Monday, October 30

Daily Bible Reading

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Old Testament: Lamentations 2:7 - 3:39

New Testament Philemon 1:1-25

Psalms/Proverbs Psalm 119:121-128

Based on NIV Seasons of Reflection 365-Day Bible

Messages referring to the Bible Reading:

How? (Questions in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina)
The Faithfulness of God
PHILEMON: A Brother Restored
IT IS TIME FOR THE LORD TO ACT

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BEING THERE

Being there can be lending a hand, lifting a heavy load.
Being there can be a smile on a cloudy day.
Being there can be a crust of bread to the poor, giving shelter from the storm.
Being there can be a thought, a blessing, a prayer.
Being there can be showing support and enthusiasm.
Being there can be listening quietly while someone else
has something important they'd like you to hear.
Being there can be a friendly hug or a warm embrace.
Being there can be expressions penned on a page.
Being there can be the transferring of a certain glance.
Being there can be offering your time.
Being there can be sitting silently beside someone
to watch the sun slide behind a silver sea.
Being there can be wiping a tear.
Being there can be chasing the moon at midnight.
Being there can be a whisper a word, a soft touch at the right moment.
Being there can be riding the ferriswheel together
without ever leaving the ground.
Being there can be a telephone call, closing the miles.
Being there can be a kiss on a fevered brow.
Being there can be the gift of a flower.
Being there can be teaching with kindness.
Being there can be sharing the depth of a powerful silence.
Being there can be wishing you were somewhere
when you must be someplace else.
Being there can be taking someone's place when they must be someplace else.
Being there can be driving through the blazing brilliance of autumn.
Being there can be just holding hands.
Being there can be waiting out the tough times.
Being there can be touching God through the heart and letting His will be done.

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