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Word Pictures

Index to this series of features.

Ashes A word picture about God's intentions for us stimulated by the experience of having ashes blow in one's face.
Buds A word picture about life and death based on observing pussywillow stems in a vase and on the bush.
Cisterns Unlike a cistern which can run dry, God made us to draw on the deep well of His eternal abundance.
Confession A word picture about the relationship between the new life God gives us once for all and confession which we need to do regularly.
Dandelions A word picture about how sin, like dandelions, can take over unless we live in the power of the Spirit.
Debt It's a word picture about the inevitable day when the accounts of our moral debts are called in.
Dust A word picture about God's light shining into our lives based the interplay of light and dust in a grist mill.
Hit and Miss A word picture about the Christian life based on the old "hit and miss engines" of pioneer days.
Hydrangea A word picture about how our character, like hydrangea, has the tendency to be deeply affected by our environment.
Love Letter A word picture about how we should approach the Bible based on way we might approach a letter.
An Oil Lamp A word picture about spiritual illumination based on reflections upon finding an old oil lamp.
On A Tether A word picture about freedom based on observations of a variety of animals on tethers and leashes.
Outside Dog A word picture about the kind of gods people choose based on what we might call "an outside dog."
Pandemic A word picture about parallels between the swine flu pandemic in the physical world and the sin pandemic in the spiritual realm.
Ready for the Big Move A word picture about our preparation for eternity based on what we do when we change homes.
Receiving Gifts A word picture about the way God's best gifts come to us based on one of Ron's childhood experiences.
Rest A word picture about the Christian's rest based on the rest of a usually frenetic toddler.
Trees A word picture about spiritual growth based on observations about the way trees grow.
A Used Napkin A word picture about proof of the resurrection based on Jesus' sharing a meal with His disciples.
Waiting A word picture about the difference between anticipating good news and bad.
Work A word picture about our part in our salvation based on some thoughts about different kinds of work.