Cleek Family Vision

Family Verse

Hebrews 10:24 – Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. (GNT)

Family Vision

To be a family of influence showing God’s love, grace and generosity to each other and all life brings our way.

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of Painful Memories

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.

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Becoming Love

In response to a recent post titled Redefining Love, my closest friend and counselor (my wife) offered an interesting series of comments and questions.

“Please help me to understand. I am afraid that you over think and evaluate everything. Can’t it be easy to love, not such a thoughtful effort? Why such talk of always having to make the choice?

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The Death of Joy

Quite literally…

On this day of 1960, Joy Davidman Lewis stepped forward into life, true life. In the wake of this event stood a man grieving the loss of his wife. The thoughts and considerations of the months that followed gave us C.S. Lewis’ A Grief Observed.

Somewhat emotionally…

As I consider The Word, many catalyst are given for resulting joy

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The Failure of Knowledge

I believe my greatest pursuits in life have been knowledge and understanding. It has been a true folly on my part. Not in the sense that knowledge and understanding are not of value; both conventional and biblical thought ascribe certain value as this is concerned (2 Timothy 2:15). The failure comes with making these my goal, my “greatest pursuits”. My pastor, Greg DePriest, recently affirmed these thoughts when stating that “being right doesn’t always take care of what is wrong.” This quite naturally leads to the question, “what should I seek with such fervor as I have?”

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