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What a Waste! The desolation of war as a child stands before a site that has been bombedHave you ever felt like this, pouring your heart and soul into a project or something you considered meaningful only to have it taken down the minute you left? Or your boss calls a...
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I have felt keenly this year how far I am from some of my family members. We moved five hours away from our home to settle our son into his new life, and he has settled in very well, but it is so far from our other two children and our new grandson. Having grown up on...
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A poem based on the story of Joesph in Genesis 39 Joesph longed to escape, from toil, jail, and endless betrayal. Seemingly bleak, tangled, and excessively intricate, trapped like a rat spinning around chasing its tail feeling quite frail. Could he escape when...
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Leave some space, and do not replace. Only Jesus Christ can mend what’s torn; true solace is born in His embrace.Leave some space, and do not replace with busy days and empty praise. As tempting as it is to pull away, create the space for LOVE to sustain. Feel...
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It only takes a moment to open the door and let His light pour in.It only takes a moment to say yes, Lord, I know you win.It only takes a moment to surrender dry places deep within.It only takes a moment to let God fully come in.Why did it take so long to trust you to...
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So often, rushing into and taking control of a situation is tempting. Hastiness can block what God wants to do in any life circumstance. Over the past years, I have felt God impress these words upon my heart ‘Watch and see what I will do.’ I know what I...
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Proverbs 14:17 An impulsive person has a short fuse and can ruin everything, but the wise show self-control. (TPT) Strictly speaking, there are no such things as good and bad impulses. Think…of a piano. It has not got two kinds of notes on it, the...
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Are you longing to reconnect with the music that once brought you joy? As I reflect on my own musical journey, I realise the impact it had on my life. Growing up surrounded by the melodious tunes my grandparents cherished, I developed an unwavering love for music....
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That you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those outside and that you may lack nothing. 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12My husband and I aspire to have a quiet,...
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The Lord is my strength and shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore, my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song, I shall praise him. Psalm 28:7The world is full of so many lasts. The last time you pick up your child. The last time you hug a...
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How soon till we get there? How soon will it be till I can have surgery? How soon will it be till dinner time? These questions though not insignificant for believers in Christ may lead to a much bigger question presented in Revelation 1:1How soon till you come back,...
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It can be so tempting to quit. When I first when to university, many hours from my family home, I found it difficult, and I wanted to leave. My grandmother, on a plain piece of white cardboard, handwrote me this poem by John Greenleaf Whittier Don’t Quit When...
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What does “you have not because you ask not” mean in James 4:2? We may ask for genuine desires of the heart to be fulfilled, to receive His healing, provision, or restoration of a relationship. It is important to ask. However, it can be hard to ask,...
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I loved reading stories to my kids when they were little. I read to them every night. I loved Richard Scarry’s Busy Town, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. They were precious times snuggling up in...
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A heart has the choice to give access to God Over the past years, we have completed some household renovations. We had to give the builders access for the work to be completed. It took a lot of trusts to feel comfortable with having builders in our home, mainly...
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There is a game show called ‘is it cake?’ https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81333845 The concept was inspired by online viral videos of bakers cutting into their realistic cakes made to look like everyday objects. As the title suggests, the series is a game...
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How many times have you heard the words ‘I doubt it?’ “with men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26, What you hope for may seem impossible, but with God, is entirely possible? The world encourages us to...
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Matthew 7:7″Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.The song This is the kingdom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDeAXu5np20 sums up what it means to receive...
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There is a time to laugh The other night my family watched a movie that made us laugh. We have a Christmas tradition of watching Christmas movies that started on a weekend away for Ian’s 50th birthday nearly ten years ago. Some of them are ridiculous and have...
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You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us, your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service you perform not only supplies the needs of the Lord’s people but is overflowing in many expressions...
