photo credit: IMG_0526 EDIT by Rowley Taylor via photopin (license) “Forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead.” Philippians 3:13 NASB We’ve often heard that one’s perception of God stems from the character and conduct of his/her earthly father. I tend to agree, yet that likelihood doesn’t diminish a mother’s role. Ordinarily, a child […]
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Doing Life: Run Like a Winner
photo credit: Northern-Relays-409.jpg via photopin (license) “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.” 1 Corinthians 9:24, NASB When I attended the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference this past May, I treasured meeting new […]
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Doing Life: Okay Lord, Now I Need … a Piece of Chocolate
“Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews … But we prayed to our God … So we carried on the work…” Nehemiah 4:1, 9, & 21, NASB I walked into my kitchen and totally forgot what I was aiming […]
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Hiding Place
“Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found … Thou art my hiding place …” (Psalm 32:6-7, NASB). Have you ever wanted to quit? I won’t lie. I have. Repeatedly. As thoughts of throwing in the towel swirled in my head early this morning (yes, just […]
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Coming Through …
Image: Master isolated images / FreeDigitalPhotos.net “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge […]
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A Word for the Weary
Image: dan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9 A couple of years ago, one of my sons urgently raced into the house. His tooth had broken from a football game mishap in the backyard. Blood streamed down […]
