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Imperfect Church

Please notice that this journal entry was written over twenty years ago and with God’s help we were able to make peace with the situation….

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Trust Them to God

This blog post is about trusting loved ones, specifically children, to the Lord.  We raise our kids to be independent of us, but there can…

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Posted in Emotions Family Prayer

It’s Their Choice But Keep Praying

We raise our kids in a way that we believe will provide them with what they need to live a happy purposeful life.  More important,…

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Posted in Emotions Family Relationships Share Your Faith

Insecurity? A Viable Option?

I love that the Lord loves me unconditionally. * Jer.31:3, Rom.5:8, 8:38-39 He knows everything about me and all my thoughts, good or bad. It’s…

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Comfort in Anxiety

Since 1996, mid-July through September have typically been seasons of anxiety for me.  If you are a teacher, you may relate!  The beginning years were…

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Posted in Emotions Short Read

You Will See Me Smile

The following is the first post I published! I am repeating it because I am scheduling occasional breaks for myself and because I love the…

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Jesus Never Changes

As many of you know I have kept a journal for close to fifty years. I write on average about five times a week. Sometimes…

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Righteously Indignant

Don’t you hate injustice?  When I was very young in the Lord, I learned the term ‘righteously indignant.’ Psalm 7:11 God is a righteous judge, And a…

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Just Say No

Many of us who have surrendered our lives to Jesus can remember a moment of truth, a defining moment where the journey began.  For me…

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You Stay

From the Journal . . . . July 1997 Lord, I was down last night.  We went to the baseball game with the youth group….

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