Wednesday, September 03, 2014

the emptiness of comparison

We hear the cries
I want, I want, I need;
but they ring hollow.
We fall to our knees
There is a void, a vacuum,
the emptiness of comparison
keeping up with the Joneses
when they are bound for destruction
at the end of this walk.


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August 30, 2014
the emptiness of comparison

Hebrews 13:5
“God Alone Satisfies”
by Lynda Hammitt
for August 30, 2014
read September 2, 2014
Duck Commander Daily Devotional
compiled by Alan Robertson
typed September 3, 2014
additional notes to follow

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