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Christmas Screams

Posted by on Dec 21, 2011 in Blog, Poetry | 0 comments

Christmas Screams

When the valleys seem deeper, longer than the heights, depths of our mountaintop times, He is here. If we could see Him we would break into shouts of joy. He is here. He is here with His itinerary that makes Satan’s schemes look like child’s play. Satan doesn’t want us to see him, doesn’t want us to sense him, doesn’t want us to “consider it pure joy when we suffer trials of all...

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Can-Do Attitude

Posted by on Dec 5, 2011 in Blog, Poetry | 4 comments

Can-Do Attitude

The power of positive thinking jumps to a whole new level when we add the Christ-factor. “For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Phil 4:13  When we’re in His will, He strengthens us to do everything.  What could be more positive? Some say, “I know He wants us to love all people, even difficult people, and to praise him in the midst of all circumstances, even...

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The Beautiful Choice

Posted by on Jul 31, 2011 in Blog, Devotional, Poetry | 11 comments

The Beautiful Choice

    Choices…. God could have made us robots, marching to His heart, forced to love completely, obeying from the start.   Instead He made us separate, with built-in modes for choice, so love would prove more precious when we finally hear His voice… I wrote that in high school when faced with a gazillion choices… I was the insecure girl who believed that if somebody didn’t...

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Secrets & Mysteries

Posted by on Jul 20, 2011 in Blog, Devotional, Poetry | 0 comments

Secrets & Mysteries

I love talking to God in the morning when everyone’s asleep and it’s quiet, except for my husband’s snoring, (which reminds me how much I need to talk to God in the first place! <grin>) You can’t put a price tag on prayer.  We get to connect with the God of the universe ~ the mysterious Father who gave us the Son who gave us the Spirit so we can connect back with the...

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The Empty Fix

Posted by on May 21, 2011 in Blog, Poetry | 1 comment

The Empty Fix

Lord, I marvel because… You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar… Where can I go from your Spirit?  Where can I flee from your presence?  Psalm 139:2,7 Jesus whispers: I am your greatest fan, but I do more than cheer you on, more than weep with your tears and shout with your victories.  I celebrate you.  When the world tries to empty you dry, I bathe...

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Beside My Cross

Posted by on Apr 23, 2011 in Blog, Poetry | 6 comments

Beside My Cross

  In truth, be rooted in Easter Love today, light and free as a tree bud, purposed and held together by Divine dwelling in your small, simple swelling. You’re your Branch’s crowning hope-jewel, Heaven’s waving, waiting, merry-making tool. The Easter Seed broke to tell your glory story, singing you to fullness, clothing you in new, death-defying nature, securing all...

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