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Mighty Men, Warfare & Kingdom
1 Chron. 11:2 . . . even when Saul was king, you were the one who led . . . Jesus is King even though He is not ruling over all yet. And even without filling an office (teacher, helper, etc), we function in our gifts. I Chron 11:10 Mighty Men strengthened themselves with him…
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Cry Out
They did not cry out to Me with their heart when they wailed upon their beds. Hos. 7:14 This verse has had my attention for a while because it pointed out to me the difference between crying and crying out to God. So, cry out: This is not exhaustive because we need to live in…
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Acceptance, Worship, Expectations
Kept running into people recommending author Elizabeth Elliot (like Tim Keller and Jerry Bridges). So, I checked her out on Thrift Books and ordered Loneliness. Read it in two days. Found my next step of acceptance in moving through grief. She talks about the widow who used her last supply to prepare a meal for…
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Wrestling with God
Came across Genesis 32 once again – about Jacob wrestling with God. It’s always puzzled me. Why did Jacob need to wrestle God for a promised blessing? Why would it say he prevailed, as if God couldn’t have won the first second? It reminded me of my confusion about God giving the Promised Land to…
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He smiles at me!
One of the things I miss most about Joe is that he smiled at me every morning, and his eyes lit up. It made me feel special, loved, appreciated. Then God reminded me of a verse that I’ve known since childhood. My fifth-grade teacher wrote it in my autograph book! And it’s also the verse…
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Comfortable in Abiding
May 4, 2022 – Haven’t been well since having Covid in late December. Last week was my first week to be out every day, and I thought maybe all the isolation was over! Then Saturday I felt bad again and got on an antibiotic Sunday. Missed Marshall’s birthday party Saturday, my class on Sunday, the…
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Holy Ground
God is opening up new paths for me that never entered my mind, including writing a blog. None of it on my radar screen at all! The things I had thought were part of the plan aren’t working out at all – at least not now. It’s been confusing and I’ve really wondered if I…
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More than we ask or imagine
From Jennifer Kennedy Dean’s Live a Praying Life: God wants to do more than we can think or imagine. If God only did what we asked Him to do when we asked Him to do it – we would miss the eternal plan that exceeds our imagination. Eph. 3:20 She gives the example of Mary,…
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Waiting for Him
Listening to Joy FM a few days ago when they played Tell Your Heart to Beat Again. It’s a great song, but when I heard: Say goodbye to where you’ve been and tell your heart to beat again, it overwhelmed me and broke my already broken heart. It kept playing in mind all day. In…
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Grieving – Holy Ground
He began to be deeply distressed and horrified. Then He said to them, My soul is swallowed up in sorrow – to the point of death. Matt. 14:34-35 HCSB Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted. Matt. 5:4 In Mark, Jesus is horrified, deeply distressed, exceedingly sorrowful (depending on version). That says…
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