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“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:10 NIV “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.” Unknown Rainy days and Sundays get me down, the songContinue reading “Prayer—Is it First? Or Last?“

“Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gatherContinue reading “Anxiety!”

“Your kindness will reward you, but your cruelty will destroy you.” Proverbs 11:17 “Kindness is a gift everyone can afford.” Unknown A birdhouse. A cute, blue, handmade birdhouse taught me this in the midst of my pain when journeying with husband during his end stage dementia. This little birdhouse sits in my living room becauseContinue reading “Kindness“

“Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he grows older, he will not abandon it.” Proverbs 22:6 NASB “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” James Baldwin Gotta say I internalized some very harmful images and beliefs fromContinue reading “It Works Both Ways“

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 NIV “Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.” David Richo No one can help a parentContinue reading “Scar Tissue“

“Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.” Matthew 5:23-24 NASB “Never ruin an apology with an excuse.” ― Benjamin Franklin.Continue reading “The Three Hardest Words“

“Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 “The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.”Continue reading “Discouragement“

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 NIV “Where you spend your love, you invest your life.” Mumford and Sons Time to take inventory, especially during the first of the year. Where do we spend our love? Our time? Our money? Our talents? What and whom do we love?Continue reading “Spending and Worship?“

“All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.” Job 42:11 NIV “There is a sacrednessContinue reading “Grief and Comfort”