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July 31, 2011

Lamentations 4 – Trusting in God Regardless of Circumstances

Although I normally post a Psalm on Sunday, this past week I was reading through Lamentations and found that chapter 3 of that short book fit so perfectly with some of the other posts I have been writing lately, especially some of my poetry. So...

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July 30, 2011

Dreaming of Forgiveness

As I write this, I’m sitting in the Portland, Oregon airport waiting to board my flight to Boston with a layover in Houston. It’s 10:47 p.m. and I’ll soon (I hope) be on the red eye, trying to get some sleep. I doubt it will...

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July 27, 2011

Blinded, But Now I See – A Poem

Blinded, But Now I See Peering through the darkness Nothing can I see Complete and utter aloneness Is all there is for me Waiting in the darkness Believing I will always be Lost in desperation Never my God to see Broken in the darkness No...

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July 26, 2011

People Who Loved – My Tuesday Three

There have been a lot of people in my life who have been instrumental in helping to develop my faith in Christ. Without some of them, I would have been one of the lost youth of our nation that I wrote about yesterday. Today I...

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July 21, 2011

Show Me Your Glory – A Poem

The Israelites saw the glory of God in the pillar of fire and the pillar of smoke that led them through the desert. Still, Moses asked God, “Show me Your glory.” Exodus 33:18. I am thankful that, without even asking, God shows us His glory...

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July 20, 2011

Darkness to Light – A Poem

In My Tuesday Three post yesterday I challenged us to stop hiding behind the masquerade of a perfect life, and share our struggles so that others might benefit from our journey with God. Then yesterday morning, during my prayer time, a poem came to me...

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July 19, 2011

Stop the Masquerade – My Tuesday Three

Unless you were born just today (in which case you can’t read this blog), you have a past. Chances are your past includes some trial or suffering. Have you experienced depression, cancer, or some other serious illness that carries a stigma? Have you lost a...

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July 17, 2011

Psalm 4 – God My Righteousness

In pondering what Psalm to post for today, I decided to just start at Psalm 1 and post the first one in order that I had never posted before. Turns out I’ve already posted Psalms 1, 2, and 3, but have not posted Psalm 4....

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July 14, 2011

Erased – A Poem

Today is Thankful Thursday here at my blog. This theme day started with acrostic poems of various synonyms of the word “thankful.” But God has led me to morph this theme into something much broader than my original idea. This week as I thought about...

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July 13, 2011

Words Spoken – A Poem

Each week in church, part of our service is the Order of Corporate Confession. Catholics confess their sins to a priest, but Lutherans confess their sinfulness corporately. The Order of Confession in our church includes a moment for silent reflection when we have an opportunity to...

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