The church season of Advent is a season of waiting and eager anticipation. It is a time to focus our thoughts on the joyful occasion of Jesus’ birth. The weeks before Christmas can be a wonderful time of spiritual reflection on His coming. Reflection gives us the opportunity to slow down and remember what the […]
It’s the time of year when we gather with family. I love my memories of past holidays with my parents, grandparents, and extended family. One year we videotaped an “interview” with my Grandfather as a way of preserving family memories. It is a marvelous keepsake to watch. One thing we did not ask Grandpa
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Last week we looked at the virtue of gratitude from a Christian perspective. We dug into Scripture and looked at ways Jesus and other Biblical characters expressed gratitude. We learned that expressing gratitude always begins with gratitude to God. When we have the mindset of seeing everything in our lives through the lens of His
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It seems like an odd concept- gratitude in grief. I’ve been reading all about gratitude and giving thanks as fall is settling into our lives. But this season hasn’t brought thoughts of thankfulness and gratitude for me in a long time.
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We all have physical and/or emotional wounds that have become scars. It’s been said that every scar has a story. I’m looking forward to heaven when our scars are no more. Scripture tells us “our citizenship is in heaven, and from it, we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly
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“Consider how the wildflowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.” Luke 12:27, NIV. What a perfect blog post I thought! My wildflower garden was gorgeous- I’ve been cutting flowers to bring in the house for weeks. It
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My gardens are limping along, giving me a few measly tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchini while I fight the weather, the slugs, the Japanese beetles and some incurable soil problem. When God said “through painful toil, you will eat” of the ground, he wasn’t kidding. My Grandpa was a farmer, and I saw firsthand the hard
My sister and I spent her spring break this year in the desert. We usually opt for a place near the water, so we weren’t sure what to expect. We only knew it would be warm, which was our primary goal! When I pictured the desert, I imagined sand, cactus, hot sun, and a dry,
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During a recent sermon, our pastor began whispering. He stopped. Whispered again. Stopped. Whispered again. He certainly had everyone’s attention! While his sermon topic was not about hearing the voice of God, his point was that sometimes God speaks to us in a whisper. We miss His voice because we are too busy to slow
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Last week’s post dealt with encountering God and the reason he encamped with his people. Seeing a replica of the tabernacle in person gave me a whole new insight into how God planned out this Holy Place. It also fascinated me that God inserted so much symbolism in the Old Testament tabernacle to show us
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