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peace
I feel like I’m tossing in unpredictable waves, but that’s not where I turn my attention. I close my eyes. In my minds eye I see him there, sleeping peacefully in the stern. During other stormy seasons I’ve cried out, “Don’t you care?” as the disciples did. Or “How can you, a pure God, let Continue reading
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This is my father’s world
There’s something about the entire northeast being covered in a blanket of snow, everything frozen, everyone shoveling their way out, everyone subject to subfreezing conditions, everyone maneuvering through snow and ice, and everyone being exposed to the way the sun makes the snow sparkle and the ice sickles glisten – it gives me peace. This Continue reading
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Living Room Gods
we argue in our living rooms which lives are worth defendinglives of people we never met as if we’re godswe discuss genocide promised by one peopleand the mass murder committed by another peoplejudging which sin is worseas if we’re gods.we weigh the horrors some people experienceagainst the horrors another people experiencehorrors we’ve never experiencedO Lord, Continue reading
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“One who gives me rest”
As these lyrics have run through my mind, I’ve felt the common thread running through all of them. Tonight my anxious mind wanted to stop the running, and I guess you could say “thread the needle” to see them all neatly typed side by side. It looks a bit like a patchwork quilt … one Continue reading
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Hidden
I pray we humbly hide ourselves in God’s protective care. I pray we grow to trust that God sees our hurt (Genesis 16:13). I pray we would believe that God is not overwhelmed by evil like we are, but that He in His holiness is strong enough to work in evil to bring about good Continue reading
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Let’s Not Be Sorry Anymore
I feel anxious.I feel overwhelmed.I feel confused.But I have learnedI am not alone,I am brave,and I am not sorry for difficult things.They are challenges. They are opportunities. They are windowsto see God.When I fail,He is there. When I succeed,He is there. The end is always the same- God with me. I am not sorry for Continue reading
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Open to Heaven
In asking for heaven on earth we are, like Jesus in Gethsemane or the saints in Hebrews 11, asking for something we may not receive in the way or timing we want. Yet we are told to ask none the less. “May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it Continue reading
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He Chose Relationship
My stomach turned as I drove through the little town. I glanced at the clock in my car and clenched the steering with my hand. So much for making a good impression and being on time. I pulled into the parking lot and there he was waiting outside for me. We had decided to meet Continue reading
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Genuine Love In Conflict
We were sitting on the old, beat-up couches that lined the youth group room when she shared with us how her classmates were tearing her down. She felt like the only way to defend herself was to lash back out them. “I know Jesus says to turn the other cheek and everything, but I don’t Continue reading
The Worth Of Knowing 