May
07
Seven years ago, I stood under a star-studded sky in central Texas and made a decision. With a tinge of dramatic anticipation, I looked to Heaven and prayed my own paraphrase of Jeremiah 26:14: “Lord, do with me as seems good in Your sight.” And then I offered a particularly painful area to Him. But …
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Mar
16
Two years ago this week, I found myself in a craft store in Northern California waiting on some friends. As waiting is what I do best when others are shopping (no, I’m not much of a shopper), I searched for entertainment—anything to help pass time. My eyes landed on an old book used as a …
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Feb
23
When I was little enough to be dumb, my uncle (who is just three years older than me) asked me a riddle: “Pete and Repeat went down to the lake. Pete fell in, so who was left?” The answer seemed so obvious, I couldn’t believe Scott thought this was a riddle. “Repeat.” “Okay, Pete and….” …
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Jan
13
I’m reopening a blog post draft that I began almost six months ago, which wouldn’t be so bad if the first post hadn’t been about transmission trouble. I’m no mechanic, but I know more about a failing transmission now than before I began this post—either time. And I know that the loss of a transmission …
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Dec
09
Have you ever wanted to say, “Yes, Lord, but….” I have. Just recently, actually. I was faced with a difficulty with which I had no choice but to trust the Lord. I couldn’t control, change, or manipulate it if I wanted to. (And, frankly, I wanted to!) When my fate of no control was confirmed, …
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Oct
29
What would change in your life if you really believed Romans 8:28? A friend recently gave me The Promise: God Works All Things Together for Your Good by Robert J. Morgan. I was surprised that someone could write a full-length book (210 pages) about one verse of Scripture, and I expected that it might be …
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Aug
01
I write this post after two virtually sleepless nights—both directly or indirectly related to a bad rash of poison ivy. (Ugh!) While concentrating on not scratching last night, I remembered a verse about long, painful nights that had been a help to me during my college days. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy …
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Jul
19
I’ve never enjoyed calling tech support—especially when it is outsourced to non-English speakers. It seems to me that the problem is often as simple as replacing a part, yet they insist on walking me through the regulation diagnostic steps before confirming what I already knew and agreeing to send the part. Yet, I’ll never forget the …
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Jul
05
Have you ever felt like you were in a tug of war game with life…and you were losing? Like everything and everyone was against you? You are not alone in your struggle; Jacob expressed that exact feeling in the middle of an extreme situation. His favorite son had been killed (he believed), there was a …
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Jun
07
Are you facing a miraculous problem? Yes, I know, that sounds like an oxy-moron. After all, everyone has problems—often plenty of them, but the last thing we call them is miraculous. Miracles solve problems; they don’t make problems, right? God’s Word tells of many miracles. We love to read of how God delivered the children …
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