In 1988, a failed effort at attaching two train cars left Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski with massive head injuries. The damage was so extensive that Grzebski slipped into a deep coma and doctors told his wife to expect the worst. Nineteen years later Grzebski finally woke up; but he did so to a changed …
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The way in which you see your life will ultimately shape the kind of life you live. Last week we began to look at Jacob who lost his wife Rachel following the birth of their son. Just before she died, Rachel named her son Ben-oni, meaning Son of my Sorrow but Jacob declared to Benjamin, …
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In Genesis 35 we read the bittersweet story of Jacob & Rachel, sweet because she gives birth after years of desperately desiring a child. Bitter because she dies moments after the birth, in her last breath, Rachel names her son Ben-oni which means son of my sorrow. 16 Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved …
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The day before President Obama was inaugurated, the United States celebrated Martin Luther King Day. Today, King is a man the world admires, acclaims and proclaims as a great man, a man who had a dream that changed history. His life and achievements are continually celebrated today. But when he stood before that crowd and …
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