Blog Journal

Many people… so many people are in great need this week… anxious… overwhelmed… desperately ill and faint… grieving… feeling alone and utterly abandoned… confused-angry by a sucker punch they didn’t see coming… Some are asking, “Where is God in all this?” Yes… where is God? God is here. He hasn’t left. He is still here.…
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Do you ever find yourself struggling because you can’t control the world… well, in the venue of transparency… our own personal world? I admit it. I want to control my home, my husband, my children, their husbands, projects at work, my friends, my kitchen, my pets… my existence and the inertia of the world… basically.…
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Here I sit… second pot of tea steeping on the counter… still zoning… staring at a blank, white screen… The tea… well yes, it is a wonderful brew of Samurai Chai Mate mixed with White Ayurvedic Chai. It is a spicy and aromatic brew that is quite lovely with a couple of lumps of German…
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Hands down, the story of Hannah has to be my favorite Mothers Day bible story. Hannah, was the mother of Samuel. Samuel turned out to be one of God’s most prominent prophets and the first annotated prophet after Moses. In fact, prophesy was revived by God through Samuel (1 Sam 3: 1). I am sure…
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“I love Psalm 90: 1-2. Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God”. Psalms 90: 1-2 If you have ever been displaced… unwanted… without home or habitation… you know loneliness.…
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I am reading this incredible book… Let me say it again… I am reading this really incredible book! No, that’s not exactly right. What I meant to say was, I am reading this book and I feel God’s presence so strongly that it is truly INCREDIBLE! Yes, that’s more like it. I feel so inspired!…
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Hello, Stranger! If you are one of the two people who follow this blog, you may have been wondering what happened… where did she go? On the last post, she said she had been sick… is she still? One of my favorite quotes from the movie, Dances with Wolves is the scene in which the…
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“Tonight is the night! This is it!.”, or so I thought… the final night, I would succumb to an unexpected, anaphylactic reaction.  Who knows what causes such things… too much perfume in an enclosed space… a drug reaction to a Motrin tablet, a nasty cold I picked up most likely in some airport, but my…
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Note to self… when in staying in a jungle paradise, do not put cashews in your suitcase. Nature has a way of letting you know who really is dominant. I woke up at midnight and the floor was moving. At first I thought it was just the fever, but it turned out to be an…
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It is hard for me to believe that today is the last day of vacation bible school. Wow, the week just flew by. We won’t have to say goodbye to the kids until Sunday, which is a good thing since I am not ready for that! We served dinner in two of the villages this…
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