Tag: God
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Finding Your Vision Might Start with Finding Your Word
My search for a vision for my writing life in 2021 is starting with my word of the year: satisfied. Why? Because God alone can satisfy. I need to live that.
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Is Multitasking Sapping Your Spiritual Strength?
It definitely affected mine I had been going about the business of writing all wrong, and it took a confrontation by God to set me straight. My conversation with Him went something like this: “Do you remember that you kept waking up earlier and earlier TO SPEND TIME WITH ME — and then, instead, you…
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The Best Way to Appreciate a Gift Is to Use It Well
Our talents are not our property; we are simply God’s servants stewarding the gifts He has given us by using them well.
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Love makes the worship go ’round…
Once was a time when I attended church for the singing. As I matured, I learned to love the sermons as much as the singing, but a few weeks ago, I realized that I now to go church despite the music. I had attended our church’s “Old Fogey” service (i.e. hymns and old praise music…
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Stand still and know…
Be still and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10). “Sitting is the new smoking.” That’s the catch phrase on the radio station I was listening to at 5:47 a.m. a couple weeks ago as I sat and drove (thankfully, to the health club). In the radio report, “sitting is the new smoking” was tied…
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Nothing like that just-brushed feeling…
In addition to my usual post-church grocery shopping routine, this morning I took the time to take my van through the automatic car wash. It was about six months overdue. As I unpacked my groceries, I admired my mostly clean and shiny car and thought to myself, “I need to do this every week.” Clean…
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That is just so God!
Sometimes I see God’s love for me in people, even when they may have never intended it. Sunday morning, I was backstage in between songs at our first church service, while one of the vocalists sang a solo by Martina McBride titled “God’s Will.” Though I was behind the wall, I could hear the words…
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Morning by morning…
Last week when I was searching for a family photo, I found this journal entry, written on some paper, tucked in among the pictures. As we were about to leave for St. Augustine (for a week, not a month), it caught my attention, and I thought I would share it here with you… June 18,…
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On my honor…
During my stint as a juror, I was impressed by the honor shown within the courtroom. We potential jurors learned about courtroom etiquette, most significantly, that when the judge was in the room, we show him honor by rising as he enters, following his instructions, answering respectfully, and shutting off our electronic devices rather than…
All Things Work Together 