My Favorite Show Is…

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There are some really addicting shows on TV these days.  Some of them really hook me and draw me in, quickly becoming the shows that I don’t want to miss, the shows I just can’t miss. Thank goodness for my DVR.  Remember when we used to have to look in either the newspaper or the TV Guide to find out … Read More

My Salvation and My Honor Depend on God

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“My salvation and my honor depend on God…” ~~Psalm 62:7 ~~ So this morning I was doing Day 2 on the Trusting God topical study.  I was to read Psalm 62.  As I did, all I can say is that it was a big “OUCH!!!” for this people-pleaser?  (Thank you Abba because I know the “ouch” was a growing pain). … Read More

A Life Lesson

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I was reading Luke 12:22-34 this morning, and I came away with some bullet points.   Don’t worry about temporal things. Be giving; it fills your eternal money belt. The location of your treasure tattles on your heart.  God has a way of using multiple sources to teach us lessons we need to learn.  One such source was a devotional I … Read More

How’s Your Reputation?

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Have you ever read a portion of Scripture that really made you pause and look within yourself to examine your life?  Well, that happened to me as I read  1 Thessalonians 1 today.  I was struck by the reputation of the people of the city of Thessalonica as described by Paul.  Their work was produced by faith. Their labor was … Read More

Wants…Needs…and a big fat OUCH!

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So, I was driving along in the car yesterday, listening to K-Love.  As is usually the case, my mind wasn’t following any particular train of thought…well, honestly, my mind was all over the place…LOL.  Sometimes my thoughts move from topic to topic so fast I find it hard to keep up!  LOL  Anyway, as I was “kinda” listening to the … Read More

But what about my schedule?!

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I’m sure you have had times in life where your schedule gets so full, you don’t know how you’re gonna get everything done.  Looking back, I remember a time when, over a short period of time, what started out as just a few manageable things on a list grew into a crazy, busy schedule that lasted for weeks.  That probably … Read More

Walk Humbly

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So I was reading in Micah this morning and came across a familiar verse.   “He has told you, mortal one, what is good;  and what does the Lord require of you,  but to do justice, to love kindness,  and to walk humbly with your God.”  ~~Micah 6:8~~ While I spent time doing a word-study, I won’t bore you with … Read More

When Gratitude is Hard to Come By

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“Soon the people began to complain about their hardship…” ~~Numbers 11:1a~~ The people began to complain about their hardship. Hardship??…really???  They’d been freed from captivity…CAPTIVITY!!  They had been liberated from cruel SLAVERY.  Captivity and slavery…now THAT’S hardship!  Craving what you don’t have (fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks and garlic) and being bored with what you do have (manna) is NOT hardship…that’s … Read More

This Morning’s Musings

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“Lord, You are my God.  I will exalt You and praise Your name,  for in perfect faithfulness You have done wonderful things,  things planned long ago.” (Isaiah 25:1) “Lord, You are MY God…”  Notice how personal.  You are MY God.  You have Him and He has you!!  How cool is that??!!! “Lord, You are my God. I WILL…” I “will”.  … Read More

A Peek into the Heart of God

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So yesterday morning as I was driving on a road near my home, I saw a little brown, scruffy looking dog in the middle of a busy road.  As unsafe as it was for me to slam on the brakes and put the car in park (I was acting on instinct here – I adore any kind of critter, especially … Read More