eternity, purpose, restless heart, thanksgiving, Value, worship

Is Your Heart Restless?

There is  time and a season for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven….What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from …

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Jack and Patience

Jack At the risk of talking too much about our puppy, I felt I needed to share the name that fit. Are you ready? “What is Jack. Final answer.” Swew! What a relief to have a name for this little guy. He seems to already be responding to it too. Potty training…well that’s another story. I’m still as bad at it as …

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Between His Shoulders

Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in Him, for He sheilds him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between His shoulders. Deuteronomy 33:12 Rest. How we need it. We live in a busy world bombarded by all of the things invented to make our lives easier but instead have made us busy. But rest …

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Keep Wanting More

My mornings come early again. I’ve been rising in the dark to take the newest member of the Lee household outside. Funny, I think God wants me awake before dawn. Children now grown, cat who woke me up at 4:00AM gone, and then…a baby with floppy ears, puppy breath, wagging tail and tiny bladder enters my life. When my feet first hit …

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The Naming of Puppies

I’ve never felt completely comfortable with my name. I’ve joked for years that I’m looking forward to the day when Jesus hands me a white stone with my new name on it. Maybe it’s because I really was supposed to be a Douglas rather than an Andrea which has been shortened to Andy. Jesus often changed peoples names. Simon became …

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