Tag: God’s love
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Fear not
I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 “I’m not sending the kids up, since you are asleep.” This is what my husband had declared to me as he got the kids off to school. Part of the morning routine he has handled…
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“Real” Love….getcha some.
I’m going to show my age here. Urban Cowboy. It’s a movie. John Travolta. Not so Grease and Saturday Night Fever cool. Common boy meets girl, fall in love, fall out of love, do whatever you can do to make each other jealous until you realize…well darn, he really was the one type of movie.…
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Through his eyes
In my job with students during the weekday, I get to spend my time supporting them in various activities. I have had the pleasure of learning how to play the saxophone. I have sat through many an assembly. Gone on a number of field trips, and completed a number of art projects. This was no…
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Until His voice is louder
“Whose voice is loudest in your life?” -Sadie Robertson “You failed again.” “Not good enough.” “Yep. Told you they were right. Nothing redeeming in that one.” “No one cares. No one is listening. Where is your God now?” “Mmmmhmmmm. You messed up good this time. He isn’t coming to save you.” Imperfect. Failure. Incompetent. Naive.…
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It’s OK…He gets me
I’m fully known, and loved by you. You won’t let go, no matter what I do. -Tauren Wells, “Known” I have been blessed to have some fantastic friends who have been placed in my life. The kind that just seem to get me. Who know what I need at just the right time. And,…
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He didn’t “deserve” it either…
“Does it really even pay to be nice?” This is how the conversation started with a fellow, empathetic friend of mine. Going over the many times we have felt like doormats in the last few months. You know what doormats are, right? They get stepped on. That’s what we had felt like. We had given…
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Individually molded to be different
We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand. Isaiah 64:8 My son loves to cook. He enjoys buying new cookbooks, and learning how to use new kitchen gadgets, and is drawn to any nifty “cooking kit.” Gingerbread men were no exception this past Christmas, and he tackled…
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I am His
For we are God’s masterpiece…Ephesians 2:10 Once again…I have failed. The dishes are unwashed in the sink. Nothing has been accomplished due to pain and sickness. The house is still a mess. There are still bits of the failed attempt at dinner on the floor. After months of just trying to get through homework. Of…
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His Everlasting Arms
The eternal God is your refuge, and His everlasting arms are around you. Deuteronomy 33:27 It’s 10 in the morning. The kids are home again. The snow has pushed them outside of their routine, inside the house, and after only two hours they are bored. Cranky. Hungry. Frustrated. And everything in between. And in desperate…
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My One True Valentine
We love each other because He loved us first. 1 John 4:19 “Mommy, please…PLEASE help me! I can’t find my valentines!” And so began the task of looking in every bag, every box, every nook, every cranny for the valentines that the little fella swore were in each place we checked. Until we finally gave up…
Grace N Grounds 