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Subject: Re: May 13 Devotion
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 04:45:34 -0700
From: "Bob McKee" <pastor.mckee@gmail.com>
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Thanks for the good word, David.

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:15 AM, David Bonde <dkbonde@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> "Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness" (2
> Corinthians 3:12)
>
> I volunteered for the devotion on the 13th of each month because I
> figured I had a better chance of remembering it.  The 13th was Anna's
> "special day."  Anna was born on the 13th of May and while we never
> suggested that the monthly anniversary of your birth had any special
> meaning, Anna was certain it did.
>
> There was a remarkable certainty in Anna.  It was more than just
> confidence and not at all an egotism, just a conviction that the heart
> of the universe was good.  So a day that other's treated with
> superstition, she boldly claimed as her own.  If it was Friday the
> 13th, all the better.
>
> When the girls and I were searching for a house to rent when we had to
> move from the city into the Livonia school system in the Detroit
> suburbs (they were then about 9 and 7), we looked at one that backed
> up against an old cemetery.  Anna was disappointed we didn't get that
> one.  She knew the cemetery would freak her friends, but she thought
> it was a place to play.  We are, after all, children of the
> resurrection.
>
> She had lived in Detroit long enough to know the truth about the
> tragedies and sorrows of life.  One day when she was about 6,
> reflecting on the song "There is a Balm in Gilead", she asked why
> there was no balm for Detroit.  She was not na=EFve about life, she just
> "believed more boldly still."
>
> I confess that at this point in life I feel more like Jacob limping
> than Anna's confidence that you could play in the cemetery.  But when
> I think of what children of the resurrection should look like, I think
> of her.
>
> Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them,
> because it is the LORD your God who goes with you; he will not fail
> you or forsake you."  (Spoken by Moses to the people as they stood at
> the edge of the Promised Land.)
>
> Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your
> servants to speak your word with all boldness =85 31 When they had
> prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and
> they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God
> with boldness.  (The prayer of the followers of Jesus when they were
> threatened "not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.")
>
> >
>

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Thanks for the good word, David.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, =
May 13, 2008 at 12:15 AM, David Bonde &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dkbonde@gmail.c=
om">dkbonde@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8e=
x; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
"Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness" (2<br>
Corinthians 3:12)<br>
<br>
I volunteered for the devotion on the 13th of each month because I<br>
figured I had a better chance of remembering it. &nbsp;The 13th was Anna's<=
br>
"special day." &nbsp;Anna was born on the 13th of May and while we never<br=
>
suggested that the monthly anniversary of your birth had any special<br>
meaning, Anna was certain it did.<br>
<br>
There was a remarkable certainty in Anna. &nbsp;It was more than just<br>
confidence and not at all an egotism, just a conviction that the heart<br>
of the universe was good. &nbsp;So a day that other's treated with<br>
superstition, she boldly claimed as her own. &nbsp;If it was Friday the<br>
13th, all the better.<br>
<br>
When the girls and I were searching for a house to rent when we had to<br>
move from the city into the Livonia school system in the Detroit<br>
suburbs (they were then about 9 and 7), we looked at one that backed<br>
up against an old cemetery. &nbsp;Anna was disappointed we didn't get that<=
br>
one. &nbsp;She knew the cemetery would freak her friends, but she thought<b=
r>
it was a place to play. &nbsp;We are, after all, children of the<br>
resurrection.<br>
<br>
She had lived in Detroit long enough to know the truth about the<br>
tragedies and sorrows of life. &nbsp;One day when she was about 6,<br>
reflecting on the song "There is a Balm in Gilead", she asked why<br>
there was no balm for Detroit. &nbsp;She was not na=EFve about life, she ju=
st<br>
"believed more boldly still."<br>
<br>
I confess that at this point in life I feel more like Jacob limping<br>
than Anna's confidence that you could play in the cemetery. &nbsp;But when<=
br>
I think of what children of the resurrection should look like, I think<br>
of her.<br>
<br>
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them,<br>
because it is the LORD your God who goes with you; he will not fail<br>
you or forsake you.&quot; &nbsp;(Spoken by Moses to the people as they stoo=
d at<br>
the edge of the Promised Land.)<br>
<br>
Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your<br>
servants to speak your word with all boldness =85 31 When they had<br>
prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and<br>
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God<br>
with boldness. &nbsp;(The prayer of the followers of Jesus when they were<b=
r>
threatened "not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.")<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br>

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