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signs...  a dictionary definition for a sign is "an object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else". confusing.  fortunately, from reading the bible one knows a sign as a message from God.  some references say that signs from God are good. others suggest that isn't necessarily true--that we shouldn't be looking for "signs". to me there's a fundamental difference between "looking for signs" and asking "was that a sign?". I believe that God sends me signs. Sometimes the message is "you're on the right track". at other times it's the opposite. I find signs helpful in keeping me on the right track.

12 If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? 13 And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. 14 In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost. Matthew 18 4 “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? 5 And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy 6 and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. Luke 15 Matthew 18:13 | And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he… | Flick...

once upon a time there was an ordinary boy. the ordinary boy was the next-to-oldest in an ordinary family of six children. when he was a teenager, the ordinary boy met an extraordinarily beautiful girl from a smaller, ordinary family. the extraordinarily beautiful girl had an older brother who was years older than she.  the ordinary boy pursued the extraordinarily beautiful girl. he loved her. when the ordinary boy went off to college, he struggled. he missed his extraordinarily beautiful girlfriend. in his third year in college the ordinary man married the extraordinarily beautiful woman. they were very happy. when the ordinary man finished college, their first daughter was born. they were very happy. a short time later the ordinary man was drafted. his extraordinarily beautiful wife and daughter came to live with the ordinary man while he was in the army.  shortly after the ordinary man was discharged from the army, their son was born. two more daughters were born eight and ...

crime, deprivation, hunger, hatred, racism, natural disasters, disease, mental illness, etc. are inconvenient facts. love, honesty, integrity, life, joy, beauty, nature, compassion, charity, faith, hope, etc. are also facts. "a post-truth world, full of alternative facts"? the fact is that there are no "alternative facts". the fact is that it's either a fact and true, or it's a lie. 25/365: A post-truth world, full of alternative facts? | Flickr Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic — CC BY-SA 2.0 attribution: David Mulder

55: Daily Inspirational Bible Verse | Lamentations 3:22-23 (… | Flickr Creative Commons — Attribution 2.0 Generic — CC BY 2.0 attribution: Tito & Eva Marie Balangue 

ego is when one believes that any person, any place or any thing needs one to exist.  all that any person, any place or any thing needs to exist is God. The most selfish 1 letter word: I. Avoid it. The most sati… | Flickr Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic — CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 attribution: WWW.LIVELIFEHAPPY.COM

life on this earth is like a merry-go-round. File:Merry go round - Tokyo Dome City Oct 15 2021.ogg - Wikipedia we go round and round until it ends. but, does it end?  not if you're Christian. "For God so loved the world..." - John 3:16 | JOHN 3:16 "God… | Flickr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic — CC BY-ND 2.0 attribution: Sharon Tate Soberon wikimedia commons Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-SA 4.0 attribution:  Nesnad, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons