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Continue reading →: Calm In The Storm
Mark 4: 37-41 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” 39 He got up, rebuked the wind…
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Continue reading →: What is your Season?
Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” Many use January to set new goals, resolutions, and make commitments to changes in their life…and then the familiar, the comfortable, old patterns often take over and by early March, those resolutions…
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Continue reading →: New Year, Renewed Thoughts
Have you ever heard the statement, “You are what you think.”? Simply put it means just what it says. If you think negative thoughts, you will be negative and vice versa, if you think positive thoughts you will be positive. If you think bad thoughts about yourself you will feel…
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Continue reading →: New Year Words of Life
As we all close the chapter of 2024 and enter the new year of 2025 my prayer is that the world will find hope in the One who loves us the most, that you my friend will find that hope in the One who loves YOU the most. Jesus is…
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Continue reading →: When Holidays Hurt
For so many people, Christmas brings a plate full of sadness. The reasons are so variable, from dealing with the loss of a loved one and missing them to painful circumstances of living in a home that is filled with emotional roller coaster rides, not the fun ones either. Christmas…
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Continue reading →: Love Broke Through Darkness
There was a young, poor girl who lived in a time of oppression in the land she was born. It was a simple but hard life. She believed in the God of the Bible, that He had always watched over His people, those who followed Him and tried to obey…
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Continue reading →: Shelter in the Storm
Have you ever been caught in a storm or experienced a tornado or a blizzard? I’ve experienced a couple quite terrifying storms in my lifetime and when my minds eye travels back, I vividly remember details. The blizzard of 1978 in Ohio shut down the town for days when I…
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Continue reading →: Beholding the Beauty of the Lord
Think of a spectacular sunset over the waters, with the vibrant colors wrapped around the huge ball of fire, changing moment by moment as it sinks into the expanse between the sky and the ocean. We behold the beauty of nature in awe and wonder as the colors collide and…
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Continue reading →: The Empty ChairThis poem is dedicated to my son, Aiden William Carter. The holidays before your death, were filled with love and joy. From infancy to teenage years, you were such a lively boy. You’d crack a joke, say something silly and we would all be rolling, And who can forget that…
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Continue reading →: When Holidays Hurt
For many people holiday memories are not so great, even hurtful. Traditional culture has placed all kinds of expectations of the perfect family holiday full of great food, family memories shared, lots of laughter and joy. If you’re fortunate, or rather blessed you will have all of this and more…
