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December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 335: Tune in. “You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!” Psalm 30:11-12 Nature’s peaceful change of […]
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 331: Thankful for Brianne. “The Lord will hold you in His had- a splendid crown in the hand of God.” Isaiah 62:3 My first-born daughter will never know the gravity to which God grabbed my heart and threw it in another direction the minute I knew she was to be. It was as if […]
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 […]
November #jammed: Gracious. Day 326: Thankful for ice cream. “Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.” Isaiah 48:12 “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” my husband asked my two daughters as the lake water dripped into their eyes. “ICE CREAM FOR DINNER?!?!” they screeched. A […]
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