A Link for You to Ponder This Sunday Morning
Sometimes there is a richness in someone that forces us to examine our own character. May we strive to love God and love people the way this man has with his life.
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compassion | service | slavery
A Gift You Can Give Another Woman Today
My dad was doing a tour of duty in Vietnam when I was a baby. He saw unspeakable horrors there. Because of this experience, my dad was obsessed with war. In our living room we had a Time full-volume pictorial set on WWII. We watched war movies and documentaries about emaciated Jews in concentration camps…
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When Grief Hits
The phone range by my bedside at 5:30 yesterday morning –my husband calling from Tucson, Arizona. He informed me his uncle had passed away in the night. I hung up the phone, and grief pushed the air out of my lungs. It was only six months ago that my preacher husband said the memorial words…
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Your Life in the Chronicles of Women
I have been reading the Bible through and am nearing the end of the chronicles of the kings. I have whiplash. Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord. Jehoram did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Ahaziah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Joash did what…
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We Don’t Need You To Be Someone Else
A few nights ago, my daughter introduced me to a blog that is created by a mom and photographer. Her site is so beautiful that I could not stop looking at it. I finally closed the computer and burst into tears. My whole family turned and look at me. (I must say they were unfazed by…
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Do You Measure the Size Of Your Problem Before You Pray?
Yesterday I was pathetically unmotivated to do anything in my house, but it was a mess. So I prayed, Lord, will you help me get up the energy to run the vacuum in the bedroom? He did help. (I not only vacuumed but dusted the whole bedroom, loaded the dishwasher, did two loads of laundry…
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A Link for You To Ponder This Sunday Morning
Happy Father’s Day! Here is to the man who made us listen to the Sons of the Pioneers eight-track all the way from Wyoming to Mount Rushmore on one summer vacation. Love you, Daddy Chris
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The Secret to a Most Beautiful Face
I rely on my husband and really close friends to do a face check for me. I want to know that I don’t have any unsightly boogers or broccoli –you know? Only a really close friend will say, Um, you have a little something right there. I want my face to be beautiful. Paul tells…
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If You Feel Like Nothin’
I just made a double batch of my fudge brownie recipe, to send with friends to use at their children’s camp. I did lick the spoon –always willing to risk salmonella for the sake of chocolate. I wish you could smell my house right now. I refuse to buy a box mix because my homemade…
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You Do Know Prayer Is Hard Work?
I just spent the last two hours pacing my house like a caged animal. Praying. I’ve been seeking God’s direction about something and just haven’t been able to put my finger on which way to go. Can you imagine what it says to God –when we want to know His way so badly we can’t…
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Self-Esteem: Feeling Or Habit of Discipline?
Last week I taught a Bible study on self-esteem. Then a few nights ago I was standing next to my daughter (who came to the class) when a friend of mine came up to me and said, How did your Bible study go Wednesday night? Do you know what I did? Feelings of insecurity rose…
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gospel | hope | personal value
Covering Up the Bare Spots
Last spring my husband and I watched helplessly, as our beloved tree in the front yard failed to bud and leaf out. Many years before the kids had bought the sapling and planted it for me on a Mother’s Day. It was just becoming a large, beautiful, shade-bearing tree when the deer snacked on the bark…
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