You have no shall have no other gods before me (Exodus 20). Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37). Confession: I have an obsession The obsession is really quite silly because I know if I try to do it on my own, I will …
Wrestling with God
(For those who receive posts via e-mail, I apologize for this second post. I corrected a mistake, again!) That night Jacob got up and took his wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and …
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Choosing to Live
I wrote this poem three years ago. At the time, the days were very quiet. Life had gone from full speed to slow. That happens when you start over in a new place. Three years later the pace has almost picked up to what it had been. But the scenery is different. I’m on a journey learning how to place …
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New Song
Ten kindred spirits sat in a circle, heads bowed, eyes closed. The man leading our group began reading this Psalm as we prepared our hearts to pray for the worship services beginning soon. I waited patiently for the Lord;He turned to me and heard my cry.He lifted me out of the slimy pit,Out of the mud and mire;He set my …
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Faith of a Child
I am teaching a Bible study on Thursday nights. Every week I give the ladies a list of verses to read and copy in their spiral notebook. Many of the Scriptures I have blogged about the past two weeks have been on those Bible verses because that is where I have been lately in the mornings. Candle lit, cats fed, coffee, couch, me, …
