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Expensive Perfume

Walking by faith is harder for some than for others. It’s also easier at certain times of your life than other times. And it always…

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The Great I Am

When your children grow up and leave home, you no longer have authority over them.  The hope is that you still have enough influence to…

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Mother-Daughter Talks

Here’s a true confession.  When I was in junior high, I was what could be called ‘boy crazy’.  I didn’t have a personal relationship with…

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You are in My Service

This is a continuation of my journey thru college! From the journal .  .  . . March 1991 I had been talking to the Lord…

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Over Burdened

Before the Lord had made it clear that I was to become a public-school teacher, I worked at our children’s Christian school.  I did daycare…

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He Hears Every Prayer

3 John1:4   I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. NIV My sentiments exactly!!  I wrote this entry…

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Mama Bear

Being a mother can teach us many things about being unselfish, but it also can bring out a wild possessiveness and fierceness that can be…

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You Sacrificed Him for Us

I checked with Google and confirmed that March 24th, 1989 was a Friday.  I can safely assume that I wrote this entry right after the…

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The Truth is the Truth

Imagine this.  You and your family have been at the same church where your children were born.  You have been blessed with Godly leadership and…

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A Future on Earth and Reward in Heaven

One of my favorite devotionals is My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers (reprint 1995). In 2014 I was reading it for the third…

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