Our prayers typically end with Amen, but what if we began our prayers that way? What difference would it make?
I recently finished reading Beth Guckenberger’s book Start with Amen.
In it she says, “When I am in conversation with Jesus, I really do want my first soul steps to be, ‘Yes, so be it.… Read more
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If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed.
Corrie ten Boom
If you look within, you’ll be depressed.
If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
What a great reminder in the Corrie ten Boom quote.
There is much that we could be distressed about as we look at the world.… Read more
It’s hard to imagine that these pictures were taken on the same day. May 11, 2020 began cold and bleak, yet before the day was over the sky was blue, the air was warm, and there was hardly a trace of snow to be found.… Read more
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For Christmas a number of years ago our boys received a CD entitled Classic Poems for Boys. They loved to listen to the poetry so it was no surprise when our son Josiah decided to choose a poem from that collection for a poetry recitation contest taking place at the Christian school he was attending that year.… Read more
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I tried so hard to keep technology from taking over our home, but I have to confess – I have failed miserably.
In the early years I was vigilant and refused to buy devices. My eldest, George, was an avid reader, which I loved; you rarely found him without a book in his hand.… Read more
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Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. James 1:2 (NLT)
This verse in James is familiar, but when I read it in the New Living Translation, it struck me in a way that it never had before.
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