Have you felt knocked around lately? When I was a child, I loved those inflatable punching toys. Each one was decorated with a clown face and stood about 2 ½ feet high. The bottom was …
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November
On fire with color and light, awash in autumn’s air, brilliantly showcasing the Father’s creative touch. Arms lifted to the sky in praise to His heart of grace, standing as witness to His constant care. …
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving evening, and it has been a beautiful day. My heart is full. The past two years have been challenging. It seems a little impossible that two years ago I had never heard of COVID. …
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Conqueror!
Names of conquerors fill history books, and their monuments populate the world’s cities. We remember Cyrus and Genghis Kahn, Alexander and Napoleon, Washington and Patton, and their exploits are the stuff of legends. I see …
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Words
David sets up a contrast in Psalm 12. In verses two through four, he gives a description of the words of the wicked: “2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and …
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Blessed in My Mess
Last week I had a terrible, horrible, no good, very blessed day (apologies to Judith Viorst and Alexander). I realize that those terms are contradictory, but they accurately describe the occurrences. After work, I went …
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Home
I know what it is like to be in one location while my heart resides in another, to live torn between two places. My husband travels for work, often requiring us to set up housekeeping …
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Remembering
Memories. What an amazing ability God has planted in our brains to recall the past! Sometimes we see this as a blessing and sometimes as a curse. God can use my memory, though. He brings …
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Gifts
God seldom wraps His gifts in the manmade fineries of this world. James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no …
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Questions
I look for verbs when I am reading scripture – you know those action words that you learned about in school. I also take note when I see the word ‘but’. This little word signals …
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