It is easy in our broken state to shun people’s comments and those voices we hear saying “you should do . . .”. “you need to . . .” “you deserve to feel this way . . . “. Complete the list by filling in all the things your “helpful” people were trying to offer.
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Show Me
December 15, 2018 I remember discovering I would much rather be shown I was loved than being told I was loved. Actions speak louder than words. Show me – don’t tell me. Some of us were talking recently, discussing our current relationship with God. This relationship today looks nothing like it did decades ago or
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Deep Love In This Season
Wow. Less than two weeks until Christmas! What a beautiful time of year. Ten years ago we had snow here in our south Louisiana. Many of us have a perfect image of what Christmas is supposed to look like. Me – it would include snow, hot cider, hot chocolate and Christmas caroling. And snowmen, snow
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With Thanksgiving
“For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,” 2 Ch 5:13 ESV In another version, 2 Chronicles 5:13-14, NiRv, read how the writer describes what is happening. The trumpet players and singers made music together as if they were only one voice. They praised the Lord. They gave thanks to him. Some of
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Rising
Psalm 119:147 I get up before the sun rises. I cry out for help. I’ve put my hope in your word. October 31, 2018 This month is all but gone. On October 1, I accepted a challenge in a writer’s group I belong to and committed to writing and posting on my blog for
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My Hope
Romans 12:12 When you hope, be joyful. When you suffer, be patient. When you pray, be faithful. Instructions from the book of life. Life has a way of convincing us there is no way those words written a few thousand years ago could apply to our lives today. We look around at every thing we
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True Peace
Colossians 3:15 Let the peace that Christ gives rule in your hearts. As parts of one body, you were appointed to live in peace. And be thankful. It’s really hard to feel this peace the apostle Paul talks about here. Events in our world consistently rob us of any peace that might bring us
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Looking Up
Psalm 57:10-11 Great is your love. It reaches to the heavens. Your truth reaches to the skies. God, may you be honored above the heavens. Let your glory be over the whole earth. For this, I’m grateful. I’m a cloud watcher. Maybe because growing up on a farm it was what we did.
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Looking At . . .
Proverbs 27:19 When you look into water, you see a likeness of your face. When you look into your heart, you see what you are really like. I’m not sure how I feel about this scripture right now. Situations come at us in such unexpected ways. From out of nowhere. From the people in our