Every man

I have had some time for reading while I’ve been visiting relatives up here in frigid Minnesota.  The Liberty of Obedience, by Elisabeth Elliot Gren has been my book of choice.
I came across this important passage last evening:
Every man is ultimately concerned with something.  He has given is heart, his allegiance, to something–set his direction.
I [...]

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A miracle

I watched a miracle unfold this morning. It was not at all an unusual event, nevertheless, it was a miracle; a beautiful miracle.
I watched, as a small glimmer of pinkish-purple peeked over the horizon.
I watched, as it grew, grew, grew, all the while deepening in richness and glory.
I watched, as the colors shot up and up, and out, [...]

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‘Tis sweet to trust Him

This election did not turn out like many Christians had hoped. Even though I personally was not an avid McCain/Palin supporter and I never really expected them to win, I can empathize with the dissapointment and confusion many now face. It can be hard to believe that God is still good.  It can be hard to believe that He knows best. It can [...]

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Whatever happens…

Just as a deer runs to water,
So does my heart to You, Father.

It is the Lord that I trust in, not in governments, presidents, or possesions, but in HIM. In His grace and mercy and goodness, and in the knowledge that “this world is not my home, I’m just a-passin’ through.”
Whatever happens tonight, it [...]

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Hope in what?

I know it won’t be easy…

No, it’s not easy. It’s not easy to trust Him. It’s not easy to have hope, especially when the circumstances seem so – hopeless.

I never said it would be.

No, He never did say it would be. He said it would be hard, which it is. Very, very hard.

But, I’ll choose to be [...]

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All I ever need

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.
2 Corinthians 12:9

Do I really believe that His grace is sufficient? That it is all I need, that nothing else really matters but HIM?
What does sufficient even mean? It means enough, all that is needed. When I [...]

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Blood on our hands

Around 2000 B.C., ancient Phonicians offered their own babies and children as sacrifices on their god, Moloch’s, altar. Trumpets and flutes played loudly to drown out the cries of the babies as they burned in the blazing fire in the god’s lap.
And we think baby slaughter is a new thing. Oh no, it goes way [...]

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Stepping in

“Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’ ”
-Joshua 3:8

 

God often acts wen people are willing to make a total commitment to Him. Not waiting untill He makes the way absolutely, without-a-doubt clear, but stepping out in [...]

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Considering the Cross

We can so easily allow self-pity to seep into our hearts.  When we feel lonely or crave someone to love and be loved by, it seems we have every reason in the world to complain, to sulk angrily because we’ve recieved a bum deal.
But do we really have a reason to complain when we consider [...]

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No Vacancies

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us.

1 John 4:11-12 
That is what I want. That, and that alone. That is my prayer, that is [...]

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Logos Christian Academy Worldviews course graduation

I have been attending classes at a Logos Christian Academy (a home-school cooperative) since 2004, which was my eigth-grade year.  I took the first year of a worldviews curriculum that year (‘04-’05), took the 3rd year ’06-’07, and the fourth ‘07-’08. (I skipped the second year of this course).  On Thursday, there was a short graduation ceremony [...]

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Approaching Confidently

“For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have One who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help [...]

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Big harp, Big prayer

For all of you who have been anxiously waiting for pictures of my new harp…

The Lord provided through my parents’ and my own savings, and through the generosity and kindness of relatives for me to purchase a brand new pedal harp. I had been praying every day for over a year for the Lord’s will [...]

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Purified by Christ

Are you ever “haunted” by a wrong deed you have done? Do you ever just keep mulling over it in your mind, and you just can’t quite let it go? You know you ought to surrender it to your Heavenly Father, but you are afraid and ashamed.

You wonder if He will forgive you.

You feel [...]

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The Sad Saga of an “Un-cute” Little Girl

I visited the home of a friend of a friend. She had three young children of her own, one on the way, and was also baby-sitting two other young children. One of which was a 6-month-old baby girl.

When I walked in the house, she was sitting in a little seat on the counter, screaming [...]

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