devotional
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Perspective
My youngest daughter gave me a lesson on perspective yesterday morning. As I was enjoying my morning coffee before taking her to a marching band practice for a Memorial Day parade, she started screaming about a giant spider. I came… Continue reading
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The Boy Scout Motto
As I was falling asleep the other night, thinking about what I needed to do to get children’s ministry spaces ready for Sunday morning and thinking how mundane that is, the Holy Spirit reminded me that even little preparation tasks… Continue reading
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Spring!
This time of year I get excited and want to plant and grow everything, completely forgetting that I have a black thumb and that I lose all my desire to garden by mid-July. Anybody else do this? I am slowly… Continue reading
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Happy Mother’s Day!
I love that the preschool lesson for Sunday school this morning is about manna. Two of God’s gifts that no one did anything to earn- manna and mamas. And aunts, grandmas, neighbors and teachers. Happy Mother’s Day! Exodus 16:12 NIV… Continue reading
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Finding Courage in My Own History
Have you ever been stopped by something that was so simple that it was profound? This quote did it for me: God planted the tree that Zacchaeus would have needed 20-50 years before he needed it – amazing! He also… Continue reading
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Verse of the Week
Deuteronomy 32:3-4 NIV[3] I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! [4] He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong,… Continue reading
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Can you even imagine?
The church I attend has been going through Philippians, with an eye to discovering the secret to joy. This last Sunday we looked at this Scripture: Philippians 3:20-21 NIV[20] But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a… Continue reading
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Humble beginnings…and endings
I have spent this week thinking about all of the monumental meetings that have happened in our little dining room. When my husband started his law enforcement career, we had a home meeting, where everything from our motivation to our… Continue reading
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Fixing Our Eyes
What happens when we do this? Fear disappears. We don’t settle for the familiar comfort. We don’t focus on what God has called others to do, just us. This thought brought to mind the lyrics from the hymn Turn Your… Continue reading
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Letting Go
I hope you enjoy this story from my time as an MAF missionary! One of my favorite things we did while living in Indonesia was to enjoy an ocean ride on a homemade catamaran in Pangandaran during a break from… Continue reading
