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Here at Fen View we have recently had a couple of puppies join our little farm. They are sweet and fun, but they have no idea of boundaries or what their role is on the farm. Teaching them to do…
Lost in a Swamp
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I live in the middle of a national forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A national forest that comprises approximately one million acres. Where I live, there are literally tens of thousands of acres that may not see a human being in…
Hiking Roosevelt National Park
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? I left Belfield, North Dakota early in the morning and drove north on highway eighty-five. I had an extra day and planned to spend it exploring the north unit of the Roosevelt National Park. I had been past it…
Start with a Song
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Every morning, when the weather is agreeable, I start my day on my front porch. I grab a hot cup of coffee and my devotional journal then I sit in my favorite chair to greet the day. This spring a house…
Paul’s Story
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I don’t remember the dark years. I was afraid of everything and everyone. I have three young kids. Recently we got talking about their teachers and that led to me talking about my teachers growing up. As I told them…
An Angel Story
A pastor friend of ours, teenage son Tim, was in a very bad automobile accident. He was in a coma and not expected to live. The doctors said if he did live he would have severe brain damage. But God in His wonderful mercy healed him completely and today he is a pastor himself.
Tim was however in the hospital for quite some time. His parents spent every minute that was possible with him at the hospital. Eventually the day came when Tim was able to leave the hospital. But before he left he wanted to say goodbye to Mr. Smith.
“Who is Mr. Smith” his parents asked?
Tim replied, “he is an old man that always came and set with me when nobody else was there”
They asked at the nurses station about Mr. Smith. You probably already guessed, there was no Mr. Smith that worked or volunteered at the hospital. Just another example of one of God’s ministering spirits in the form of an old man.
One Mad Water Moccasin
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My brothers and I, plus some of the nephews had come together to float and fish the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. This is a designed wilderness river. The area we were floating would take five or six days to…
How Big is Your God
It’s not about how big your problems are.
It’s about how big your God is!
Outdoor Tales
Beginning today I will be doing sharing a collection of stories and lessons learned from a life-time spent exploring and enjoying the great outdoors. These will be shared on https://hopeshack.org
Hope Shack is a site giving hope and inspiration through real life stories and experiences.
Will We Know People in Heaven
Many people wonder if we will recognize our friends and family when we get to heaven. We will not only recognize our loved ones and friends, but we will know everyone in heaven. We will enjoy fellowship with people from all walks of life and from the time of Adam to the present time. Can you imagine meeting the saints of the Old and New Testament or of the generations before us?
At the mount of transfiguration, Peter and John recognized Elijah and Moses even though they had never seen them before and they were separated by hundreds of years; (Luke 9:30-32). This is how it will be in heaven. We will recognize everyone else and will feel as one with them.
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. (1 Corinthians 13:12)
We will leave our sinful nature behind, and we will instead be filled with the spirit of God. Therefore we will love each other as God intended us to. We will be like one big family in heaven. Parents, Grandparents, children, and babies will be reunited and will all recognize each other. Like I said before it will be a family reunion like no other.
Sharing Jesus 