The start of a new year- fresh beginnings, opportunities to improve, goals set; hope strong. Big beautiful snow gracing the new year and surrounding us with white; clean and sparkly. Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together’, says the LORD, ‘Though your sins are as scarlet. they will…
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And the sun sets on 2011; a year of joy, challenge, growth, and waiting. A good year; a gift. Welcome 2012; excited for what’s in store- a year of “giving thanks” in good times and hard.
They were four ornaments hanging from our stairwell this holiday season… one for each of our children. But, you only have three kids you might say. Yes, but we are expecting our fourth. We are waiting to be chosen to adopt a baby… and we have decided to wait with…
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Each year I pick a theme– a catch phrase, a point of focus, an area to grow in. This year (2012) the theme is “GIVE THANKS”. We have so much to be thankful for- yet often I focus on the negative…worries, things that aren’t going well, things that make me…
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“O Holy Night” is probably my favorite Christmas Carol- I love the tune, the words, the way the song builds- the soaring high notes at the end. This year, I’ve been caught off guard a few times, as I see the traditional carols in a fresh light. I have sung…
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I read this today in our Jesse Tree devotional by Ann Voskamp, “sometimes in waiting for what we long for, we praise God long when the gift comes at last. Sometimes God has his people wait long so our gratitude becomes deeper and wider.” Wow, hard to read those words…
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