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Who is the Shepherd?

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Who is the Shepherd?

 “He tends his flock like a shepherd:  He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart;  he gently leads those that have young.”  Isaiah 40:11 “ What a promise!  I remember finding this little gem in scripture.  I remember how it felt for the Holy Spirit in me to grab ahold of the words on the page and say… this right here for you today!  It’s a verse we highlight and date and text to our friends in the trenches of parenting.   It’s a verse that causes us to say, “Yes!  this is a...

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Father's House is Hope for Today & Tomorrow

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Father's House is Hope for Today & Tomorrow

What does it change for you the God has built a room in His house for you?  A place where you can have a home that will never perish, spoil or fade?  The builder has the best taste, an unlimited budget, and access to all wisdom and knowledge.  The architect also designed the Grand Canyon, the Gulf of Mexico, the Serengeti, the Great Barrier Reef, the human body, the sun, moon and stars, every bird, flower, fish, animal, plant and so on.   What does it change for your perspective that Jesus has gone ahead to prepare your place in God’s great house and will return to take you to inhabit it personally, specifically, forever because He wants you to be where He is?

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Challenging Our Mental Soundtrack

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Challenging Our Mental Soundtrack

The moment I read these ancient words as a young woman, they spoke deep into my life, probably because they were so different from the soundtrack playing in my head.  Work Hard!   Be smart!   Be thorough!  Do your best!  Figure it out!  You can do it! These formed the soundtrack on replay in my life, but these ancient words told me a different story. 

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Celebrating the Very Best Freedom

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Celebrating the Very Best Freedom

As I consider the freedom I celebrate as a citizen of the United States of America on the  4th of July, and enjoy every day, I am reminded of a greater freedom I enjoy as one who has been redeemed from death to life.  As a citizen of heaven, my death has been swallowed up in victory and I am freed from the bondage of sin and shame.  Thanks be to God!

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Children are like Arrows

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Children are like Arrows

“Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.  Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.”  Psalm 127:3-4   Though I am an empty nester, I get hang out with mamas of littles in my Bible study leadership role.  I often stop myself from saying to these precious, hard working women: “cherish the moments, they go so fast.”  It seems like such a true statement for a woman in her 50s who looks back and cannot believe how fast little ones grow up.  But I know those words ring a...

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