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April 28, 2011

This Life Is Full of Blessing – A Poem

It’s Thankful Thursday once again (and I continue to be thankful to Ann for the idea!) I’ve been doing acrostic poems for a while, but decided I wanted to do something different this week. Instead of limited the length of my poem by the number...

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March 27, 2011

Psalm 41 – Blessing and Betrayal

This is another Psalm that covers a lot of ground. It starts by noting the blessing of those who care for the poor and how God cares for those He loves. It moves on to a prayer for mercy. Then hidden in the middle is...

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January 20, 2011

Contented – A Poem

Focusing on what we have instead of what we don’t have creates a thankful heart. Having a thankful heart leads to being contented with the blessings we have been given. When we trust in God to provide that which we need, we can be content no...

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April 13, 2010

Blessing First, Then Obey

We had a guest speaker in church on Sunday, and I really enjoyed his message. He spoke of the Gospel and how it is unique among the world religions. He noted that every other world religion is about “do this (obey), and then receive the blessing...

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April 9, 2010

Don’t Fret

A fellow blogger recently blogged about Psalm 37, and I commented on her post that it compelled me to go read the entire Psalm. She replied that she would like to hear my thoughts on this Psalm, so I thought I would share those today. It...

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April 1, 2010

The Blessing of Relationship

I already posted my post for the day, but wanted to share something about how amazing our God is. As part of my blogging experience, I have begun posting comments on another blogger’s site, and she has posted comments on mine. We both have added...

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February 19, 2010

The Discipline of Gratitude

Wednesday of this week was Ash Wednesday, and so we are now in the season of Lent. Though many people think that Lent is something only Catholics observe, I have learned that it is prominent in other churches as well, including the Lutheran church. Generally...

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February 17, 2010

Holding on to What I Know

A dear and wise friend of mine once told me that I should never go by what I feel, but by what I know. Feelings can be fickle and reactionary, and oftentimes they do not reveal the truth about the situation they are a reaction to....

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