Category: Hope
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Secrets We Leave Behind
When I read a book and find a nugget of truth, I highlight it and sometimes write myself a note by it. Sometimes I mark the page with a sticky note. You can tell quite a bit about a person by picking up the books she reads and flipping through them. Oh, the secrets we…
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Ditch Disappointment
The pandemic and the challenges of 2020 and 2021 have changed the way we see life, play, respect, and love. We’ve seen family projects on television and YouTube like dominoes and toilet paper tumbling throughout a house. We’ve laughed at dancing and exercising family videos. We’ve sung with live-streamed concerts and worship. We’ve watched golf…
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Are You Brave Enough?
Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem, “The Hill We Climb” prompted a rush of urgency mixed with hope for America.
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When You Don’t Like Your Story … A Review
I have chapters and pages in my story that I don’t like. I wish that I could tear them out, shred them, and set fire to them. How about you? Have you considered that God can use the ugly and broken shards of your life to piece together beautiful and valuable artwork?
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Free At Last!
“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 Today, we remember Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. He knew freedom in God, and he sought to bring freedom to all of America. Freedom from…
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America … It’s Up to Christ Followers
Pray for America, seek God’s face, ask for forgiveness, and follow God.
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Do You Know God?
“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” John 17:3 Do you know God? Do you know Jesus? Really know? Saturday was our 50th Wedding Anniversary. I did not know Keith in 1971 like I know him today. Fifty years of walking together…
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Want a New Way of Living?
What a new way of Living? You can discard the disappointments of 2020 and embrace the new way of gratitude in 2021.
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Remembering 2020: What I Learned
“I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.” Psalm 77:11-12 2020 was a very different year. It was filled with violence, protests, riots, COVID-19, loss, and great disappointments. It was also filled with heroes, new ways of communicating,…
