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May 8, 2011

Psalm 113 – Praise the Lord for Mothers

Today is Mothers’ Day. The gift of motherhood is one of the greatest God can give to a woman, and the gift of a mother is one of the greatest gifts God has given to children. The love of a mother for her child is rivaled...

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May 7, 2011

I’m No Martha

I will freely admit that I am not the best housekeeper in the world. I am certainly no Martha, worried about everything being perfectly in order. I suspect that before the big dinner at which Martha complained to Jesus that Mary was not helping her,...

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May 5, 2011

My Son – A Poem

Children are a wonderful gift from God. I only have one son, but I am very thankful for having him in my life. I am also thankful that God has made him a kind, compassionate, creative, and funny young man. I’ve always said that no one...

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May 4, 2011

A Lesson from King Josiah: Older and Wiser

I’m getting back to my Bible-in-a-year schedule. The date on my schedule says it’s October, but I’m pretty sure it’s May. It is May, isn’t it? Anyway, I took a break from this schedule for Lent and followed the Wordstrong reading schedule my whole church...

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May 3, 2011

Forgiveness, Community, and Faith – My Tuesday Three

There are some really great Christian bloggers on WordPress, and I’ve decided that each Tuesday I am going to write about my thoughts on three of my favorites over the prior week. I’m calling it My Tuesday Three. (I was going to do just two,...

Categories Poetry Comments: 14
May 2, 2011

Love Means Never Having to Hear “I’m Sorry”

Many years ago if you had asked me what my favorite movie of all time was, I would have said Love Story with Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal. It was a touching story of two people who fall in love, but their life together is tragically...

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May 1, 2011

Psalm 64 – A Prayer for Protection

To decide which Psalm to post today, I asked my son to pick a number between 1 and 150. He picked 64. I don’t think he knows a single Psalm by number so this was truly a random choice. I was not surprised, however, to...

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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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April 27, 2011

Jesus Sets Me Free from My Own Prison

When I first started looking for and listening to Christian music, I came across the music of a band called Creed. They are not technically a “Christian band” because their music covers a number of different themes and they aren’t on a Christian label, but...

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