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I’d Rather Have Your’s

The gentle morning breeze Blows my newly planted flowers While the birds sing harmony, spartanaries.org And the sun sparkles on the pines. It’s a new day. Yesterday’s worries and stress fall away. Thanksgiving flows out of my heart And for a brief moment Your Spirit Brushes up against mine Like my cat’s “hugs” against My anklesNot too much yet enough to knowIt’s …

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Grooving with Mandisa

The streets of Wilmington were endangered yesterday morning. I admit it. As I drove my son’s stick-shift Camary to my Bible study, this song played on the radio. That’s when it happened. My body couldn’t stop moving as I drove. It’s a little hard to shift and dance at the same time. Nothing like a 46 year old mom dancing behind …

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In the Dark with Jesus

My alarm clock walks on four legs and meows. She doesn’t take “NO!” for an answer, and she is rather annoying until I succumb to her wishes. Most mornings she wakes me around 5:00 or 5:30. But there are days, uncanny days when I really don’t need to be up early, when she lets me sleep. Because of this phenomenon, I’ve …

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