To him that overcometh
will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame,
and am set down with my Father
in his throne.

— Revelation 3:21

He comes to our house and cleans our windows. Afterwards, the world looks much brighter and clearer.…

Children’s children are the crown of old men;
and the glory of children are their fathers.

— Proverbs 17:6

There once was a little boy, Landon James, who was soon to become a big brother. The new baby gets all of his old baby stuff. So it was time for Landon to get his first Big Boy Room.

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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee. . . .

— Jeremiah 1:5

There’s a new baby in the family, the first child of my nephew, Chris, and his wife Jana. Her name is Paisley. I held the tightly swaddled,

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Art thou called being a servant? Care not for it:
but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

          — 1 Corinthians 7:21

We were on our way back from a trip to Chicago. We were there visiting our daughter and seeing our son-in-law get his MBA from the prestigious business school at Northwestern University.

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For that which I do I allow not:
For what I would, that do I not;
But what I hate, that do I.

                                    — Romans 7:15

The Kentucky Derby’s coming up. The Run for the Roses! Most people try to pause and enjoy this all-American event on television. But one family we know really gets in to it.

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