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The Gift of God is Eternal Life

April 28, 2020Heidi KortmanTuesday Tellseternal life, gift, Jesus5 Comments

“The gift of God is eternal life.” This short phrase, made of such simple words, ought to energize leaps for joy. However, it’s entirely possible we overlook their impact. In fact, during these times, we might fall into cynicism, and ask why we would want eternal life. Sometimes we get shortsighted. There’s a secular song

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Receive God’s Gift of the Future

March 31, 2020Heidi KortmanTuesday Tellseternal life, future, gift, kingdom4 Comments

Receive God’s gift of the future. If we needed an idea to give us hope today, this is it. Though our human vision doesn’t penetrate what appears to be murky, our God promises us good things. Despite what common consensus claims, the world isn’t ending in the next five minutes. When that instant comes, God

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Happiness is a Gift for Our Sanctification

March 17, 2020Heidi KortmanTuesday Tellsgift, Happiness, not a puppy5 Comments

Happiness is a gift for our sanctification. How could happiness have an effect on making us holy? Although I remember a Charles Schultz book, a Scottie, and a Schnauzer fondly, a warm puppy isn’t quite what’s meant in this context. In fact, warm puppies are more likely to test our sanctification while we’re housebreaking them,

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Responsibility is a Gift for Sanctification

December 3, 2019Heidi KortmanTuesday Tellsgift, purpose, Responsibility, trustworthiness3 Comments

Responsibility is a Gift for Sanctification Responsibility is a gift for sanctification. At first glance it might not look like something we’d ever think to want, much less ask for. Some of us would prefer to re-gift it. Why would God give responsibility? He does so because responsibility is an expression of his first gift,

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The Schnauzer—Friday Fairings

September 26, 2014Heidi KortmanFriday FairingsAsa, doglegs, gift, Heidi Kortman, Schatzi, Schnauzer5 Comments

The Schnauzer—Friday Fairings This Friday Fairing was a Christmas gift from my nephews and nieces in 1999. My squirrel-chasing, “Happy Birthday” singing Schnauzer, Schatzi, went for his last vet visit on September 9 of that year. When I opened the package, my second nephew Asa said, “We wanted to give you Schatzi back.” This Schatzi

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From Grandpa Ribbens: a Friday Fairing

September 19, 2014Heidi KortmanFriday Fairingsgift, Heidi Kortman, Heidi novel, penmanship5 Comments

From Grandpa Ribbens: a Friday Fairing This was one of the Around the World Treasures series of books reprinted by Franklin Watts Inc. It was illustrated in color and black and white by Charles Mozley, with an introduction by author Noel Streatfeild. I’ve had several editions of this story in my lifetime. Once, a Press

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