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Longing To Be With The Lord
Read more: Longing To Be With The LordYou will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 Do you enjoy travel? Or are you a homebody? I guess I’m one of those in-between people who really enjoys going somewhere new… at first. Until I start to miss all…
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Thank Who?
Read more: Thank Who?Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17 (NIV) There is a scene in the old movie “Shenandoah” where Jimmy Stewart’s character, Charlie Anderson, “thanks” God in prayer for their food only after monologuing about how they…
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Our Greatest Need
Read more: Our Greatest NeedSometimes what we think we need, is not what we need. I understand this when my 7-year-old asks me fifty times a day for candy. It’s not best for him; he just wants it. But it’s harder to understand when it comes to my own happiness.
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Saving Time
Read more: Saving TimeTime is a commodity, just like money. We spend it; we invest it; we even buy it. We don’t ever want to lose it or waste it. We talk a lot about saving it, but the thing is, we can’t really save time; we can only choose to spend it here instead of there.
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You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
Read more: You Can Run But You Can’t HideSearch me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.Psalm 139:23-24 (KJV) Our family has a funny story (well, it’s funny to us) about my sister, when she was little, hiding a hamburger in…
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In A World Half-Full Of Negative People
Read more: In A World Half-Full Of Negative PeopleI’ve always thought of myself as a positive person. But in recent years, as my kids have gotten old enough to sometimes share their honest opinion about me, I’ve had to face the fact that, though I may feel like an optimist, that’s not really the way I’m perceived by my family, the ones who…
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Who Am I?
Read more: Who Am I?God, who am I to teach a Bible class? Who am I to speak to that person about Jesus? Who am I to put myself out there, to take a leadership role, to take a stand against sin….? I’m nobody.
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Impressive!
Read more: Impressive!Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.I Corinthians 8:1-2 One of our family’s favorite movies, the 1995 A&E version of Pride and Prejudice, has a line…
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Miserable Comforters
Read more: Miserable ComfortersThen Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all!Job 16:2 Have you ever been offered comfort by someone who tried too hard to help you make sense of it? Sometimes we just need other people to hold our hands and weep with us. I’ve often heard cautions about…
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Let’s DO This!
Read more: Let’s DO This!“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”Isaiah 1:18 I admit it– I’m a nerd. I didn’t always love school, but I did, and still do, enjoy certain kinds…
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