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Voices ~
Did you know that September 14 was Hearing Voices Day? Living in a world that labels those who “hear voices” as schizophrenic, it was interesting to discover an international movement committed...
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Calm After a Storm?
I grew up hearing the phrase “calm before the storm” but never thought much about it. This past week, as we watched the weather reports of an encroaching storm, there was NO “calm before the storm!”...
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Silence in Waiting Birthed Holiness Profound . . .
My Praises today: Less is More . . . . Faith is deepened as priorities are simplified . . . . Silence in waiting birthed Holiness profound . . . . After days of sadness at the ugliness of sin that has...
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Holy Love
Christmas morning, Love divine; born a Savior, glory shines! He came with purpose, to save the lost; amazing Grace paid an awful cost. Blessed are all who embrace the Savior, Holy Love . . . there is...
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“Continue To Do Good . . . “
What are we to do when evil strikes and when life does not make sense? How are we to respond to someone who slaps us hard and looks at us with eyes of hate; when there is no apparent remorse for what...
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Simple Anticipation . . . Profound Peace
Anticipation: to look forward to as certain; pleasurable expectation; visualization of a future event or state Anticipation–there is a loveliness to this word as it rolls off the tongue that delights...
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“The Quiet of Now . . . . “
“The quiet of now . . . .” It is a simple phrase that tumbled into my mind one morning as I was writing praises to God in my Journey Notebook. I remember being struck by how it expressed the delight...
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The Clarity Faith Provides on Suffering . . . .
” . . . though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith–of greater worth than gold . . . may be proved genuine . . . for you...
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The Mysterous Balm of Praise: Not Meant To Be A “Quick Fix”
I still remember the wonderful relief experienced when, as a child, I had a bad cold and Vicks Vapo-Rub was rubbed onto my chest. I remember how the strong aroma of the menthol seemed to flood my...
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Hearts + Chocolate = Love . . . REALLY?
It was fun perusing Facebook last weekend to see what others had received on Valentine’s Day–flowers, chocolates and other gifts. However, it was the comments written by single friends that touched...
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An Intentional Faith . . . .
“Intentional” is a word that comes up a lot in the Counseling Room–especially when we talk about faith and how the challenges we face provide opportunities to trust and honor God. The Bible has much...
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WORDS TO GROW BY: “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by . . . every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, SPEAKING...
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The first time I thought it, my heart skipped a beat because I knew it didn’t come from me. It came when I was curled up with my Bible, writing my praises to God in a Journey Notes entry: “Thank You,...
View ArticleChristmas Peace . . . .
It started this past fall. Friends had told me about a struggling young woman who occasionally showed up at our church. Professing faith in Christ yet full of doubt, anger and self-recrimination, I...
View ArticleEssentials To Spiritual Problem-Solving In a Material World . . . .
I couldn’t help but smile yesterday when I read this note. Written after a previous Session with the Client I was about to see, I wrote: “Focused on: 1. “Being still’ before God–rather than running...
View ArticleJoy At Christmas . . . .
Christmas is different this year. Like many of you, I have missed the traditional activities that in years past, have been part of preparing for Christmas: Gathering together to make wreaths and the...
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