Nov 302005
 

I was sitting at my computer this morning, enjoying my coffee and reading email, when I felt a hard thump! A few seconds later my bookcase started rattling and the room shook for about 3 seconds. The Taiwan Central Weather Bureau reports that it was a 5.9 earthquake centered in the ocean (63km. deep) about 60 – 80 km. from Taipei. It caught me off guard.

It got me to thinking about a passage we looked at a few weeks back when we were studying Noah in the book of Genesis. Matthew 24:38-39 says that even though Noah had been telling everyone it was going to flood they just kept on leading their lives as though nothing would ever go wrong. When the time of God’s judgement came they were not ready. The earthquake is sort of like that; you never know when the next one will come. As it is happening there is nothing you can do to make it stop or go away. You just have to ride it out.

Be ready. When Jesus returns it will be without warning! Kind of like an earthquake! [bibleblock]Matthew 24:42-44[/bibleblock]

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Nov 202005
 

I just finished Breaker’s Reef the fourth and final book in a series called Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock. I can, without reservation, recommend all four of them to you. They are well written Christian mystery fiction that anyone can enjoy.

You wouldn’t have to read them  sequentially, but it would add to an already pleasurable experience.

(No, I don’t usually read books so fast. The time between the last three book posts wasn’t the actual elapsed time between each book. I was trying to find a place to jump in and start listing read books. Now I am current so the posts should be in “real time”)

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Nov 132005
 

I’ve just finished another good book. This one was River’s Edge It is the third installment (of 4) in the “Cape Refuge” series. While some of the characters are the same in each book of the series, any of the 4 books will stand on its own. I really like the characters – they are developed nicely. The style of the author, Terri Blackstock is relaxed and easy to read.

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