Too many times, I think we treat our financial decisions like we treat our new year’s resolutions. We might make a half-hearted attempt at “doing things right” financially, only to fall off the wagon weeks or months into the process. The problem is, our resolutions are too lofty and too ambiguous to be lived out. [...]
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It’s an unlikely place to spend the final hours of the Christmas holidays. The planet twinkles in the glow of lit trees circled with family. And this family works in the barn. Sows grunt, piglets root and nuzzle udders for milky warm. Snow falls soundlessly out there in the dark. I am supposed to be [...]
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Well, it’s that time again! December has come to an end and it’s time to think about resolutions for next year. First and foremost, I want 2009 to be marked by a deeper, richer relationship with Jesus Christ. I would also be thrilled if I could shed the baby bump that has no baby. [...]
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And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. –Rev 21:5, KJV These are exciting times that we are living in. Our world around us seems to be changing daily. The changes seem to affect every area [...]
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Is Constantly Being Late a Fact of Life? I remember all too well how I used to rush around to get somewhere on time. There was always something distracting me from my mission – dishes, morning routines, feeding the older kids and nursing the baby, phone calls, waiting for naptime to finish – as my [...]
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On Mondays, we turn into an old married couple. Although no pastor I know ever actually takes an entire day off, Dave tries to stay away from his office on Mondays, and he likes to pretend (though I know differently) that he’s not thinking about church and the people it contains. We begin the day with [...]
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Psalms 89:1a “I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever” (HCSB)
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
as Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning
new mercies I see.
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon and stars In their courses above,
join with all nature in manifold witness
to Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
~ I greet the morning with this praise song in my heart, desiring a day spent in the presence of my heavenly Father. As this melody swells through my senses and lifts me to that special place of worship, the words are embedded deep in the core of me, “You, Father, are faithful; You love me with tenderness, mercy, and justice! My window frames the beauty of Nature; it shouts Your glory in its God-set cycles! You are all I need in the seasons of my life to come. The final verse, my theme song for today! ~
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Humming along,
Rhea
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