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The Lost Necklace

The necklace—a special birthday gift last year, which has become my daily connection with my 7 grandchildren.
Seven birthday crystals, one for each precious life, encased in a silver heart.
And a butterfly to hold near the one who has left us.
This necklace, this tangible connection, was lost.

Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Context: Colossians 3:13-15 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14And above all these […]

1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. Context: 1 John 8-11 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that […]

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Context: Matthew 22:35-36 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” Matthew 22:38-40 This […]

1 John 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world. Context: 1 John 4:15-16Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to […]