FROM TODAY’S READING (5/26/2020)...
“It’s well known that President Ronald Reagan was extremely nearsighted. Reagan’s eyesight was so bad that it affected his military service in World War II, keeping him from combat duty. For many years he wore glasses and later contact lenses. As he aged, he still needed correction for his nearsightedness but also needed help to see up close. He wore a lens to correct nearsightedness on his right eye and a lens for farsightedness on his left eye. So he would read his speeches with his right eye and look out at the audience with his left eye. President Reagan was a man focused on the near and the far.”
Philip De Courcy, “Take Cover: Finding Peace in God’s Protection” (Washington, DC: Salem Books, 2018), 67.
I Corinthians 16:13 (NKJV) Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
Colossians 4:2 (NIV) Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
1 Peter 5:8-9 (NLT) Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.
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