I am lost. I let the words sit in my brain before I yanked them back. I know I am not lost—I am found. But at that moment that was my first thought. Sitting there with a dream shattered in my hands, I felt utterly lost. Now what? I am at a loss. I do …
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EOY Reflection: REMOVE
Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! Romans 11:33 NLT I love the invitation of the Advent season to take each day to focus on Jesus and God’s redemptive plan. I did not always mark Advent. It really was …
Purify My Heart, Lord
I love that the Lord has brought me into the Bible journaling community. Not only has it grown my faith tremendously, this community has introduced me to awesome friends and opened up new paths that I never would have imagined for myself. The latest blessing is that this month I have the awesome privilege of …
Week 8: My Shepherd
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. --Psalm 23:6 Week 8 featured three more names of God, and each was a Jehovah name that I was not as familiar with in one way or another. Jehovah-Sabaoth, the Lord …
Week 7: Victory, Holiness, Peace
And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD Is My Banner. --Exodus 17:15 If I could redesign this reading plan, I would have focused on just Chapter 11 (Days 29-31) for this week. Perhaps it was because this followed a challenging sermon at church on Israel's defeat at Ai in …
Week 5: God Heals
Our wounds are great. As sin ravaged Christ's body at Calvary, so it has ravaged men, women, and children throughout the ages. --Kay Arthur, Lord, I Want to Know You (p. 71) I started this week with news of 100s being killed in Baghdad. Many children in that number. I continued the week bearing the …
Week 4: God Provides
And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. --Phil. 4:19 Summer school got the best of me during Week 4. I was able to stay with my plan, but finding extra time to blog did not happen in the midst of final grading. Praise the Lord, …
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