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    Manna for the Journey
    Manna for the Journey
    Manna for the Journey
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    Manna for the Journey

    By Andrew L Smith

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    Many of Andrews writings present a perception that is a little off center, a different way of contemplating a thought or a verse. They are, in a way, reflections that are a little fractured and sometimes a little distorted. They provide for a different way of seeing things. Sometimes they generate consideration and enrichment of life, Scripture, and love.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateApr 13, 2012
    ISBN9781449745622
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      Book preview

      Manna for the Journey - Andrew L Smith

      Manna

      for the

      Journey

      Andrew L. Smith

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      Copyright © 2012 by Andrew Smith.

      Cover illustration by Linda Šuhajdovā

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      ISBN: 978-1-4497-4561-5 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-4563-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-4562-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012906019

      WestBow Press rev. date: 4/11/2012

      Contents

      REFLECTIONS ON LIFE

      AWARENESS

      THEN

      PUFF

      THE STRUGGLE

      TO DWELL IN THE MYSTERY

      JOY THAT OVERTAKES SORROW

      SMALL GIFTS

      THE TRANSLATOR

      ERASURES

      MUSIC IN THE SUFFERING

      THE WALL

      TIME

      REFLECTIONS ON CHRISTMAS

      IMMANUEL

      HELPLESSNESS

      A SLOW CHRISTMAS

      CHRISTMAS GLASSES

      US!

      THE BABY

      MARY’S REFLECTIONS

      JOSEPH’S REFLECTIONS

      LET’S GO . . . .

      REFLECTIONS ON EASTER

      REJOICE—THERE IS HOPE!

      WHY?

      HE WEPT

      PANIC!

      EVERY ONE?

      YOU SOUND LIKE HIM!

      FORCED LABOR!

      CRUCIFY HIM!

      THE JOY OF RESURRECTION

      CRASHING THE PARTY

      REFLECTIONS ON LOVE

      BLOODY FEET

      THE NEED

      TOUGH LOVE

      COMMITMENT

      IMPERFECTION

      TO GIVE LOVE

      TO RECEIVE LOVE

      TO BE LOVED

      TO FEEL LOVED

      DEMANDING

      THE ENGINE

      HAPPINESS

      REFLECTIONS AS PRAYER

      THE LINE

      PRAYER

      SERIOUS

      FINAL PEACE

      FAITH

      TO LOVE THE UNLOVELY

      SPONTANEOUS LOVE

      HEALING

      DADDY’S LITTLE FINGER

      GREY DAYS

      REFLECTIONS ON SCRIPTURE

      AWESOME

      REJOICE!

      GETTING OUT OF THE BOAT

      BUT!

      ALMS

      HEALED BUT NOT WHOLE

      BE PREPARED!

      WATCH OUT

      I WISH I HAD A MARY TO LISTEN TO ME

      CONFESSION

      A STAFF

      PREFACE

      God provided manna for the ancient Hebrews on their journey from Egypt to the Holy Land. The manna was adequate for only a day, except for Friday’s manna, which lasted through the Sabbath. Likewise, we are given daily spiritual sustenance when we look for it. It comes in different ways. Much of my manna has come from the end of my pen.

      For over fifty years, my pen and I have written on small scraps of paper, margins of books, journals, and anything else that happened to be available at the time. I’ve filed away thoughts, musings, opinions, and other emotions in the nooks and crannies I could find. Over time, I’ve revised, enlarged, reduced and otherwise modified some of them until they ended up as writings to be shared with friends. Some responded by saying my writings were interesting or that they had never looked at things that way before.

      Most of the time these writings presents a perception a little off center, offering a different way of contemplating a thought or a verse. They are, in a way, reflections a little fractured and sometimes a little distorted. They provide a different way of seeing life. I hope they generate some consideration and perhaps some enrichment of life, of Scripture, and of love.

      FOREWORD

      In the old movie Grand Canyon, Danny Glover tells his friend about his trips to the Grand Canyon. Danny plays the part of a character who lives in the ghetto somewhere on the East Coast. He lives surrounded by dirt, drugs, poverty, and hopelessness. He works hard just to keep himself afloat. About once a year, he confides in his friend, he makes a trip to the Grand Canyon. The man asks why. "I leave here and go out there and sit on the edge

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