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Continue reading →: One of my favorite words expounded
Just as kind of a warning. This is a wordy post. I’ve worked thru my thoughts on this subject and it may be a little tangent-y. Also I’m no Biblical scholar, but I love the scriptures. Redeemer. Its one of my all time favorite words. I’m no literacy expert, I…
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Continue reading →: It’s easy to miss
Tonight I caught myself moping. I was comparing my problems to others and thinking they had nothing to complain about. Boy is that a slippery slope! It’s a fast ride down to the pool of depression. But thank the Lord I caught myself. Actually He caught me and said, “Thank…
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Continue reading →: Our Epic
I really like epic movies. You know, good battles evil enduring much suffering and even death to overcome and ultimately triumph for the rescue of many. Its a thread of truth which seems to run through so many of our imaginings in movies and books. In none of these tales…
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Continue reading →: I believe
I believe that there is one God, Creator of all things, who made people the crown of His creation. Living works of art in His own image. Loved, and therefore given the freedom to choose, we chose our own way and everything went terribly wrong. I believe all of history…
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Continue reading →: Telling them the Old, Old Story
Tonight we hung our stockings, put up some lights, had hot cocoa and hung up our Jesse Tree. Along side it a string of red and green rings, each with a different Bible verse on it to begin an Advent calendar come December first. I sat my sons down and…
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Continue reading →: Sharing a quote
“Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.” -Jim Elliot Quieted, Sheila
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Continue reading →: Two kinds of workouts
Spend your time and energy in training yourself for spiritual fitness. Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is much more important, for it promises a reward in both this life and the next. -1 Timothy 4:7b-8 NLT I did some exercise with a friend at the gym today.…
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Continue reading →: All the way!
He leads me… even when I walk thru the dark valley of death… -Psalm 23:2b,4a I just left the city pool where I watched my youngest take his swimming lesson. Two bleacher sets down, my estranged husband sat with my oldest. We’ve been separated for over a year after 16…
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Continue reading →: Waiting thru Saturday
“As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed. Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by…
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Continue reading →: Good and Severe
“Safe? Don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” — Mr. Beaver (The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Ch. 8) My life has changed so much in the…
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