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A friend send me this as her Christmas greeting today. I think it’s really good – so appropriate for where we are. I share it and pray, too, for a new, real, Holy Spirit-led unity, mercy, and grace to fall upon us. Something happened this year, I am not sureContinue Reading

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1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. 2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. 3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. MyContinue Reading

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Tonight I know two families who are waiting for loved ones to die. Both have been ill a long time, so being released from the physical problems of this world will be a blessing. Both have spouses that will grieve deeply. Both are believers. But Christmas is a strange timeContinue Reading

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Change. Transition. “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” “God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” “It’s all the same, only the names are changed.” “When you go through the storms I am with you…you are mine.” “Not everyone likes the new things.” At this timeContinue Reading

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In: decisions, discernment, mercy, peace, wisdom

Spiritual logjam. Angst. Confusion. Am I being stubborn? Desiring discernment. Wanting to do the right thing. Not in unity with others. My spirit all balled up. My husband and I are making a major decision about a home for our family. I am one of a team of people searchingContinue Reading

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I received an email subscription that I thought fit into the Advent season, even though its writer is Rabbi Daniel Lapin. I copied the text of the devotion below (but left off the advertisements!). [P.S. I can’t get the devotion to look formatted correctly here – if you can’t readContinue Reading

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Sometimes God answers “yes,” sometimes “no,” and sometimes “wait.”Anticipation. Waiting. Expecting. Hoping. Waiting some more. “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” (Eccl. 3:1 NIV) Prophecies hundreds of years old telling of a coming Messiah. A couple eagerly awaiting the results of aContinue Reading