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July 16, 2011

Is a Little Faith Enough? – A Book Review

I love to read, but don’t always have time to read as much as I would like. I tend to be in the middle of multiple books at any given time, but don’t always finish them. When I go on vacation, though, I like to...

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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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July 12, 2011

Dancing with Joy – My Tuesday Three

I was on vacation all last week and did not have any time to read blogs, not even my favorites. I managed to post every day only because most of those posts were written and scheduled before I left. So once again My Tuesday Three...

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July 11, 2011

Milestones, and Prayer for More Boldness for the Next 500

I started this blog over 21 months ago on September 25, 2009. Yesterday I posted my 500th blog post. In 2011 I’ve posted something every day, and some days I posted twice, even when I was on vacation or very busy. Including my reply comments,...

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July 10, 2011

Psalm 89 – Praise for Our Creator

This past week we were on a camping vacation to the Redwoods in northern California. For several nights we stayed at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park inland just a few miles from Crescent City and the ocean. We stayed in site number 89. We didn’t...

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July 9, 2011

The Spirit of Power Defeats Fear

For as long as I can remember I have been afraid of water. At our Women’s Retreat a few weeks ago, the topic came up several times during the second session in which we mingled and asked questions that were printed on the inside of...

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July 7, 2011

Nature – A Poem

As we move, finally, into summer, I am once again in awe of the beauty of nature as things begin to grow. But it is not really nature itself that is the source of my awe, but rather contemplating the God of the universe who created...

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July 6, 2011

Learning to Forgive – A Poem

Many years ago the Lord taught me the importance of forgiving others. The command to forgive as we have been forgiven is not meant to be a burden, but rather a means of giving our burdens to God and lightening our spiritual load. I never...

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July 5, 2011

Don’t Worry – My Tuesday Three

Worry plagues the human race and has the power to destroy, derail, and plunge us into despair. Worry serves no useful purpose. Unlike planning and preparing, worry is a state of the mind with no action associated with it. I recently heard a statistic that...

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