This reminds me of Jesus’ promise to us that He will stand before us in the storms. We will still be in the storm just as the breakwaters, the seawall, and the lakefront are, but He protects us from what would destroy us. I have a visual of His one arm holding us close
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An Unexpected Christmas Blessing
If I only knew the workings of the passage of time, perhaps I would have a clearer understanding of where this past year, 2015, has gone. But I don’t. In fact, there isn’t much I do understand. It has been a hard year in the world. So much to grieve – both personally and in
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Sometimes When I Fail . . .
Sometimes when I fail, I forget I have been forgiven. Sometimes when I fail, I forget I can get back up and take a go at life again. Sometimes when I fail, I forget to forgive – myself. Sometimes when I fail, I forget there are no do overs in life but I can learn
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Shiloh, Hannah, and a Bulletproof Bus
Sand in my shoes, peeling back the layers. It could have been any place on earth. It could have been any hillside, rusty brown earth, stones randomly scattered across the flat rectangle of land looking out across the valleys surrounding it, another mountain range beyond the hill to the east. The breeze was blowing from
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The Holy Land in Pictures
These are some of the pictures I’ve taken throughout my first few days in the Holy Land. This picture is taken from just outside the walls of the old city, across the valley between. The Garden of Gethsemane is off to the left and the Church of all Nations next to it. (Mount of Olives)
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Carrying Your Prayers to the Wall {Visiting the Holy Land}
Offering to carry your prayers to the Wailing Wall was a last minute decision yesterday. (I learned today that the preferred name is the Western Wall.) Very shortly, requests began to pop up in my private messages. As I began writing them on paper, one by one, word by word, heart by heart, the words came
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Dormition Abbey {Visiting the Holy Land}
My taxi driver told me I really needed to see this church. I wasn’t disappointed. Walking up the flight of stairs from where he parked, I turned to the left toward the wide cobbled walk way. All around me were other tour groups from all over the world. In the half dozen I saw, I
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Walking in His Steps: A Trip to Israel
For the next six days I’m in Israel with a group led by Lysa TerKeurst from Proverbs 31 Ministries. Although I’ve been to Israel once before, I look forward to walking in the footsteps of Jesus, guided by an amazing Bible teacher. I’d love to share my trip with you, sharing what God is revealing
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Sleeping With Strangers
Sleeping With Strangers – I’m not sure how else to describe the phenomenon of being on a plane in a row of three across for over ten hours. We left Newark at 4:00 p.m. and landed in Tel Aviv at 8:25 a.m. Time change of six hours from Newark. Like most people, this was
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Running on Empty
It is now Thursday of a week that has been chaotic – mostly in my head. Not so much anything external I can put my finger on. Just a whole lot of activity swirling around in my head- like a tornado. I feel like a tiny little protester begging it to stop. Sound familiar in any