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Welcome to the #recall12 series, where we are memorizing a little bit of God’s great Word each month! This month’s verse is: “God will take care of the hidden things …” Deuteronomy 29:29 MSG “Mom!!!!” My seven-year-old screeched as she took off into the depths of the house, “I have the BEST idea for Christmas […]
November #jammed: Gracious. Day 334: Thankful for Truth. For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. Romans 15:4 The smell of hot polyester seats with duck tape covering rips and holes wafted past as I […]
November #jammed: Gracious. Day 333: Thankful for Thanksgiving. How can we give God enough thanks for you for all the joy you give us? 1 Thessalonians 3:9 The table is full every year. Two big turkeys, pounds of mashed potatoes, vegetables, piesand buttery rolls. The days it takes to plan and the hours to prepare and cook are […]
November #jammed: Gracious. Day 332: Thankful for Lauren. “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 Marveling at the sweetness of my first-born daughter, I couldn’t image being blessed with another child like her. When God says that He’ll bless us more than we can ask or imagine, He isn’t kidding. Lauren came into the world before […]
November #jammed: Gracious. Day 330: Thankful for podcasts. God is my rock. 2 Samuel 22:3 “You’re all God all of the time …and I just don’t know how I feel about it.” The first thing I did with my miraculously healed self was train it for a marathon. Along the way, I listened to podcasts …mostly from the orange […]
November #jammed: Gracious. Day 329: Thankful for my church family. “Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God’s good news to one and all.” Mark 16:15 (MESSAGE) Sitting in the stiff wooden pew, I scanned the congregation to see if anyone else had a hat on. Sure enough …I spotted one other lady, about fifty […]
November #jammed: Gracious. Day 328: Thankful for blogs. And when you are old, I will still be there, carrying you. When your limbs grow tired, your eyes are weak, And your hair a silvery gray, I will carry you as I always have. I will carry you and save you. Isaiah 46:4 It started out with funny stories. […]
November #jammed: Gracious. Day 327: Thankful for my view. Have you forgotten Me, the One who made you and the whole world, who stretched out the skies and made sure the earth’s foundations? Yet you constantly worry about others—how they hate and might harm you. But their anger counts for nothing. Isaiah 51:3 Quiet mornings cuddled up to […]
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