reading and journalling through the Bible
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Has God’s Glory Left?
Where has His Glory gone…? My adventures in 1 Samuel continue… I read Chapter 4 today… 19 Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband (priests) were dead, she bowed and…
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My Vision on Women
One morning I woke up with a vision of a family who is well known and loved within their community caring for orphans and widows and the homeless, but behind closed doors the daughters are mistreated. Several older daughters left the family to find freedom. The next daughter in line spoke up against the mistreatment,…
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You Let Me Rest
I’ve been meditating on this old familiar Psalm quite a bit lately… May you too turn it into a prayer for yourself… “You let me rest in fields of green grass. You lead me to streams of peaceful water, and you refresh my life. You are true to your name, and you lead me along…
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Lenten Reading for the Third Sunday in Lent:
Light five candles before reading. Usually God holds back his anger over sin. But one time he let it loose, so we would know how serious it is to turn our backs away from God and toward the darkness, and so we would know how great his wrath is against sin. BUT he did not…
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Lenten Reading for the Second Sunday in Lent:
Light six candles before reading. God created people for relationship, for His glory. He gave them everything they could need or want. But they listened to the enemy’s lies instead. They no longer believed God’s gifts were enough. They turned their backs on God and lost their place in perfect friendship with Him. Now they…
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Sabbatical Learnings: Lesson One Wrecked Me
This first lesson of sabbatical completely wrecked me… I’ve heard that the greatest theologians of our time, who ponder all the wonderful questions of theology, are often impacted most deeply of the love of God. I use to smile at this knowing a preschooler could get it. Yet, the first half of my sabbatical I…
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God’s Love Letter to You! | Soul Shepherding
What if God were to write a letter to you? It’d be a love letter! Have you read the Bible as being God’s love letter to you? That’s what it is! I know you don’t deserve it — neither do I. That’s the point. God’s love is unconditional. Bill Gaultiere wrote this love letter to…
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From Anxious Planning to Peaceful Trust
I was awake today at 5am anxious about the Fall planning and my long list of things to do and people to care for. I prayed and fell back asleep. When I awoke to read the Word at 6:30am, I read this… Psalm 37:5-7 NIRV “Commit your life to the Lord. Here is what he…
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What Lent Really Means…..& Free Easter Devotional
I’m enjoying the reflecting journey to the cross as we draw close to remember the most important event in all of history. You too will enjoy Ann Voskamp’s writings… What Lent Really Means…..{& Free Easter Devotional Book to Make a Jesus Easter Tree} » A Holy Experience.
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The Son of a Carpenter Who Builds and Restores
“The carpenter’s Son will take the nail and a tree made into a cross, and He will rebuild us and restore us and all we who are broken down will find shelter in grace and make the heart of God home. No wonder this time of year we haul trees into our homes. Lord God,…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 