The Lord will perfect that which concerns me. Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of Your hands. –Psalm 138:8 NKJV What is it you’re facing today? Bad health? Bad relationships? Addictions? Financial problems? Everybody on the planet who breathes has some sort of problem. Yes, even that neighbor who makes so much money, even that…
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Beauty
Honor and majesty are before Him, strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. –Psalm 96:6 I don’t know much about my grandmothers–they were both dead before I was born–but I know they both valued beauty. Mom’s mom knew the German art of scherenschnitte–intricate paper cutting–and so her cupboards were lined with newspaper that had decorative cut-out overhangs. My dad’s…
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It’s the ending that counts
Years ago when I was a stay-at-home mother, I’d see my neighbor ladies leaving for work in the morning. Their hairdos were perfect and they stepped into cars that were more expensive-looking than mine. I often was still in my pajamas at that early hour. And sometimes I felt I had really messed up my life. What had happened to…
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Fear of man
Fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe. –Proverbs 29:24 NKJV When I was about 5 or 6, I suffered from earaches. I spent a lot of time with a heating pad on my ear as life went on around me. My mother would drive me to a doctor 30 miles away….
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Only boring people get bored
My generations knew something about isolation. My maternal grandmother moved from Ohio to the North Dakota prairie in the early 1900s. The Homestead Act President Abraham Lincoln signed in 1862 promised 160 acres of land to settlers in the west, provided they lived 5 continuous years on the property and made some improvements on it So my grandparents…
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