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GLEANINGS from Claudia: JOB – Chapters 1 & 2

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Gleanings from Claudia

Job Chapters 1 and 2 Have you ever met a truly good man? A man who you could trust to do the right thing by God and by man? The book of Job tells us that there is in the … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: 31 Months Later

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Gleanings from Claudia

I’ve felt for a while now that it is time to write another Gleanings. It is the end of July in 2013 and in five months we will come to the three year mark since our Becky died. I still … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Grief – Death or Life?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Gleanings from Claudia

On December 29, 2010 my 32 year old daughter, Becky, lost her life in an automobile accident. ‘GLEANINGS from Claudia’ is a mother’s journal of grief. DEATH OR LIFE She’s gone In a moment she left And the moment she left … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Healing

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Gleanings from Claudia

We learned early Thursday morning this week that a dear friend went home to Jesus. Richard was an intrepid nearly 90 years old with a heart for Jesus and a love of worship. He sang in our Christmas choral worship program … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Awakened by Sorrow

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Gleanings from Claudia

I sleep only to wake awash in tears Though night lives on Sorrow swells and I swim Sorrow is my atmosphere My dear friend whose brother died She fears him lost forever The father mother sister aunts and uncles Mourning … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Jacob

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Gleanings from Claudia

“I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.” Psalms 119:176 FOR JACOB Man of strength Until the one lamb you cherished Was taken by One who owns all How the mighty … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Sam

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Gleanings from Claudia

“I am in pain and distress: may your salvation, O God, protect me.” Psalm 69:29 Fresh tears tonight as I grieve for a family I don’t even know. ‘Sam’, the 32 year old sister-in-law of a young man I know, … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: A Cheerful Heart

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Gleanings from Claudia

“A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.  The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.  All the days of the  oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Seven Months

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Gleanings from Claudia

“Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.”  Psalm 9:10 July 29, 2011 marks seven months since Becky’s death.  I woke this morning with the song “Blessed Be Your … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Daddy

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Gleanings from Claudia

“As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass, he … Continue reading →

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