Blog Journal

Of late, I have been pondering, the concept of living a consecrated life… What is consecration? The Holman Bible Dictionary, states consecration refers “to persons or things being separated to or belonging to God. They are holy or sacred. They are set apart for the service of God”. In the Old Testament, there was a…
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It’s Fall… and with it, fluttering butterflies … Flutterby’s, as my little girlies used to say… migrating south. I don’t think I can ever remember a time when I have seen so many flutterbys… Tender and fragile, little Flutterbys… you flit, float and fan a kaleidoscope of colors. How glorious to behold! I drink it…
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I woke up this morning… nothing special… pouring coffee… opening the laptop… reading and then, God changed me. God spoke… God said….Job 12:22 “I uncover mysteries hidden in the darkness and bring gloom into the light”. I said, Yes Lord. “Only You reveal hidden truth… because You are Truth… Your word is a truth and…
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He grew up poor and barefoot in a small, southern town in the states. The youngest of eleven children, he had little much to call his own. Clothing, toys, and the few possessions he owned had belonged to someone else before it was given to him… and he longed for more. So at an early…
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I have been traveling the last few weeks… And while traveling about, I observed people… people running here and there, this way and that, going places. Traveling… traveling to visit family and friends… traveling to some exotic locale for a change of view… traveling to work, for business, or to start life anew…. I observed,…
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“There are many paths of loneliness” (Elliot, 1988)… One such path is being in a room filled with close friends, allies and family of which, you are an outsider. Watching as they connect… listening to the reliving of shared moments… previous encounters, places, events, mutual relations… watching eagerly, patiently waiting and anticipating the conversation to…
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Yesterday’s post contained an important concept from Elizabeth Elliot’s book, The Path to Loneliness; Death the New Beginning. If you haven’t read it… Click the link and take a short moment and do so. You will be blessed. If you did read it… Click the link anyways, it is worth the re-read. This concept is…
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…Continued from, It’s a Good Day To Trust a Promise… I have been quite intrigued by the wisdom in one particular chapter of Elisabeth Elliots’ book, The Path of Loneliness… Chapter Ten: Death is a New Beginning… Listen to her words and the wisdom of them… “Deeper and deeper must be the dying… [which]… sounds…
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Hi Ho! Been workin’ and traveling… will leave again this weekend, but wanted to tell you about another wonderful book… it was given to me to read leisurely on a Sunday afternoon outing to the beach… light reading, per chance… inspiration for the coming week. But this book is anything, but light and not for…
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Rather unexpectedly, this weekend I fell in love… Remember that giddy, heart throbbing… almost nauseous feeling that sweeps over you… exciting every nerve, causing mind and body to tingle with electricity and feeling young, vibrant, alive. I was taken aback… love. Really? …love at my age. Oh, it’s not what you think. No, not at…
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