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Praying God's Wisdom: Your Days are Numbered!

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Image Credit Brett Wilkins Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12  I used to fear death. Especially when my kids were little, I would worry about what would happen to them if I were gone. I, vainly, thought that I knew best, could do best for them. My husband is wonderful and full of good qualities, but in that season of our lives I was the designated nurturer of the family, the one who kept the household running and the kids happy and healthy. In 2004, when we went in to do our taxes, our CPA asked us if when we finished he could share with us about what they had been up to in Liberia, West Africa? Of course we said yes, and that was when I was introduced to America’s Step Child 1 . That’s how the country was referred to because it was the only country in the world ever colonized by America (did you know that? Most people don’t. I sure didn’t!), but America now has little or nothing to do with it. After decades of civil war and unrest, gen...