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Oratio: My Life Is His
I cannot makethe roses bloomnor any flower growthe sun does not riseon my commandnor set becauseI say it’s sojust like my days on earthare not mine to giveor takenor my breathor heartbeata choice I makethe Lord my GodHe does all thisHis grace aboundsmy life is His ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Outside Of His Will
If God is everythingor else God is nothingeven our tragediesour losses and our painare God’s work in our livesnot because He wants usto sufferHis only desireis that we receive Hiseternal and unconditional lovebut because nothing happensoutside of His willeven if we do not understandHis will ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Free In Him
The world reflects backthat which we denyin ourselvesor refuse to seedrawing out our shadowsexposing darkess to lightonce we see the truthwe must choosesin or salvationto be cut off in selfor to be free in Him ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Dear Child
Dear childyou are my belovedin whom I am well pleasedmy love for youhas neither beginning nor endneither limits nor conditionsnothing you do or saycan make me love you moreor lesssince before you were bornuntil long after this moment has passedI love youtake this knowledge with youhold it close to your heartyou are worthyyou are…
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Oratio: Holding On
Shaking apartfrom withinthe Holy Spiritlooses the wheatfrom the chaffleaving nothingthat does not belongto Godit feels like heartbreakit feels like dyingI cling to it allstruggling to hold onand also let goon my knees I pray ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Nowhere Else
The Lord provideswhat I needHis goodness overflowsthough I do not seeHis plannor understandHis waysI know that He loves meHe is my shepherdmy rockmy salvationto Him I place my trustfor I have nowhereelse to turn ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Scriptio: Parallel Parking And The Wai Kru Ram Muay
Through an unexpected turn of events, my daughter and I ended up at a Muay Thai Wai Kru seminar today. Muay Thai is a form of pugilistic fighting originating in Thailand wherein participants use punches, kicks, knees, elbows, clinching, and trips to defeat one another. Wai Kru, more officially Wai Kru Ram Muay or ‘war dance saluting…
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Oratio: Loved By You
Godhelp me to knowthat I am lovedto accept that loveand to be a conduitof that loveunto othersto love themas you love mefor they are also lovedas I am lovedby you ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Scriptio: I Assume It Was Grace
Thirty days before my nineteenth birthday, I entered rehab. Looking back, I still don’t know how I found the courage to go. At first, I was willing because I had nowhere else to turn. I had no home to speak of. I was barely getting by, working at McDonald’s, making enough money to eat…
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Oratio: He Provides
He guides methrough my troublesHe leads mewith wisdom and lovewhatever I requireHe provideswhen I wander offHe calls me back to Himwhen I a grow wearyHe gives me restHe makes my burden lightand frees me from sin ~Robert Van Valkenburgh