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When I didn’t deserve it, when I had fallen, when I was sinking, the Father was gracious toward me. The Father showed mercy, granted me favor, was kind, and granted forgiveness. The Father, kissed my boo boo, held my hand and together we walked back to a place of health.
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My upcoming week is busy – full of adulting. But this morning, I’m choosing to rest in this thought: I’m a Child of the King. I don’t have to earn God’s love. I’m a daughter. I don’t have to work for my provision. I’m a daughter not a hired hand. I don’t have to argue His position. I’m his daughter not his lawyer. I can sit in His lap and...
I was reflecting on the last six months of my life with a friend yesterday. It was a season characterized by deadlines and busyness while emotionally dealing with being cheated, rejected, and disappointed by various people who I trusted and honored. But this morning, this verse spoke to me: “And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope....
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My child, I was. I will be. I Am. I Am Health. I Am Provision. I Am Wisdom. I Am Love. I Am Acceptance. I Am Peace. I Am Lord. I Am Refuge. I Am Strength. I Am Joy. I Am Hope. What do you need today? Come to the fountain. Partake of my Goodness. Drink from my unlimited resources. This day, I Am whatever you need and tomorrow, I...
I have a student who is to put it mildly – annoying. I discovered this the first day of class. I had him 4th block. So I used my 3rd block planning period to pray, worship, and meditate to prepare for him. Yesterday, he unexpectedly got move to my 2nd block, and I did not have time to mentally prepare. Let’s just say, he provoked my second language in which...
The Jews and the Samaritans did not get along. The Jews avoided the Samaritans like they avoided anyone whom they deemed ‘unclean’. So when this Jewish man fell on hard times, he must have been surprised when the respected Jewish priest and Levite ignored him and crossed the street to avoid him but the Samaritan demonstrated brotherly kindness. Today, I am pondering that story from the Samaritan’s point of view....
Yesterday at church, I envisioned God and I dancing together. It was beautiful. He and I in step dancing a beautifully choreographed dance. My father and I danced. He led. I followed. I was not self-conscious of my lack of dance skills. I just followed his lead. As I watched us dance, I was in perfect peace. All I wanted at that moment was to dance with God. To have...
Are you praying for a loved one who seems as if they are a million miles from Jesus? Take heart, no one is beyond God’s loving redemption. Saul, now known as Paul, not only opposed the Gospel message, but actively persecuted the church. He rounded up Christians and had them violently slaughtered. Yet God, redeemed Paul. Paul became known as the man who formerly persecuted the church but is now...
We are New Testament Christians. We are under grace and mercy. Nonetheless as we read the Old Testament, we can see God’s heart for the poor, the fatherless, the widows. My prayer is that His heart becomes my heart, that I see the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow as He does. My prayer is that my actions and my speech both reflect the heart of the Father! “Do not...