Receive the Blessing- Part 2

The young father lifts his child up overhead and smiles as he looks into the face of his baby that brings him such great joy.  He speaks up at the child playfully and then brings her down into his arms and tucks her  into a tight hug. Do you need a picture to visualize how [...]

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Receive the Blessing

Okay, so as the pastor was ready to let us out of the church service,  he raised his hand and said, “Receive the blessing.”   Now I ask you, if he goes ahead and says the blessing over us, do we really have a choice but to receive it? The word “receive” has been rolling around [...]

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In Process

Process.  Isn’t that a great word?  It’s a noun that means something is going on, there are gradual changes that are leading to a particular result. Process.  Process isn’t an excuse word (as in- don’t expect anything, it’s in process), no, it makes it clear that a work is ongoing, and best of all, it [...]

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Counting on God

To live on a farm and work on a farming schedule is both a great joy and a great challenge.  It is a gritty occupation with little buffer between the worker and nature.  As my husband says, “nature always bats last”. A farmer is said to live by faith.  He or she places seed in [...]

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A Decided Life

On a Saturday afternoon in May it was beginning to warm up as the sun came out from behind the clouds.  One by one, cars found their way down the winding, dirt road out to the lake situated several miles away from the college town. Out tumble laughing students with bright eyes. More and more [...]

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Power Packed

I have been pondering lately the use of drawing and other more right brain or hands on learning techniques in approaching Scripture to help people who may learn in less academic ways to absorb more of what we read or hear about the Bible. Some doodling notes became a fun attempt at using words and [...]

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Focus on Jesus’ Face

Because of my husband’s health issues I have been doing more thinking and reading on business management as I am being stretched to oversee our home businesses. Of course the word “goals” comes up quite often in the literature as one starting point in management and decision making.  In this case the goals are financial [...]

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The Heart of the Matter- Part 2… on One of “Those Days”

Ever have one of “those days”?  Wednesday was one of “those days”!  It started out innocently enough.  The morning was cool and the walk was refreshing, even invigorating. The mind was content in the moment, emotions following along, all is well in the soul. Then, you know, it was if I stood still and the [...]

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Keys to the Heart

Last night I was cutting back the overgrown plants in front of th house and finished listening to the book Peace Child on CD as I worked.  The author, Don Richardson, had spoken to our church a few weeks back and I had been pondering a thought from his presentation since that time.  The thought [...]

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The Heart of the Matter- Part 1

Easter was just a few days ago. So, do I really believe in God; the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? Do I really believe that He/they created the Heavens and the earth, including me? Do I really believe that it was a historical fact that, according to God’s perfect plan, Jesus Christ, God’s Son, came [...]

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