……. “all I can do, is pray”. Maybe you have spoken those words. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, most likely you have. These are hard days. It has been a hard year, these past twelve months that have challenged us in ways we never imagined. Who spends a lot of time thinking
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Remembering God with Noah
Many of us know the story of Noah and the ark. Noah faithfully built the ark when there was no flood – no rain clouds on the horizon or storms threatening. God gave Noah every detail for construction, what to bring on board and exactly when to board. God provided for every need for
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Honoring The Storms
Fifteen years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, impacting the lives of millions there, next door in New Orleans and the surrounding areas. Today I honor that event as I have learned to honor life altering storms I have survived. Celebrate is usually attached to anniversaries but not this one.
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Choose Your Own Adventure
Hi. We are the people of 2020. This is our story. If ever there has been a time where collectively, we as a world find ourselves slipping and sliding, unable to find solid ground, this might well be it. The pages of 2020 have unfolded into a story no one could ever have predicted
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Convicted
Recently asked to explain my faith, these are some thoughts that came to me. I love exploring and learning more about who God really is in my heart and my walk. Try writing your thoughts down. How do you explain your faith? Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the
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The Gift of Time, Our Legacy and Open Doors
In the stillness of the days, has our soul learned to slow down? Have we been able to take time to listen to what our deep “inner voice” is often telling us but we ignore because we have been moving too fast – for too long? Are we moving too fast because we
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Jesus Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ESV For many of us, our day begins reaching for the nightstand, searching for our phone to see what time it is. We laid it down last night as we wearily climbed into bed, hoping for a good night’s sleep, trying our best
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On The Horizon
Happy December to all my friends here. 2019 – another decade closing behind us. Another chapter in our stories has been written. Here we stand on the brink of a new door opening before us. As 2018 was coming to a close I felt a shift in me. For the past decade I had
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Choosing Well
Note: This blog post is a bonus devotion celebrating the launch of Janet Hines’ new book Between the Valley and the Mountaintop: Glimpses of God in the Middle Places Way too often life brings challenge after challenge, leaving us feeling like we have no ability to choose what’s happening. Many years ago, in response