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“For by Wisdom your days will be many,and years will be added to your life.” Proverbs 9:11 HCSB “Teach us to number our days carefullyso that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” Psalm 90:12 HCSB Just over a year ago, I believed I was going to be two years older than I actually wouldContinue reading “Bonus Birthdays”

“I will instruct you and show you the way to go;with My eye on you, I will give counsel.” Psalm 32:8 HCSB “May the Lord direct your hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance.” 2 Thessalonians 3:5 HCSB “But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray inContinue reading “Moving On”

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write down on a scroll all the words that I have spoken to you,” Jeremiah 30:2 “‘Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mindContinue reading “Sharing Your Spiritual Stories”

 “But as it is written: What eye did not see and ear did not hear, and what never entered the human mind— God prepared this for those who love Him.“ 1 Corinthians 2:9 HCSB “Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.“ 2Continue reading “Peace in Suffering”

“Do not remember the past events, pay no attention to things of old. Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19 HCSB  ‘“For I know the plans I have for you”—thisContinue reading “Begin Again”

“The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:8 HCSB Every day we must remember to love… Love is being available when times are good or bad.It’s giving high fives, handholds, and helping to carry the burdens of others while showing them how to hold on. LoveContinue reading “Love”

“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.” Genesis 8:22 HCSB “The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He saves those crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 HCSB Winters can be cold and full of snow. At times, we experience personal winters whereContinue reading “The Long Winter”

“…walk worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us.” Ephesians 4:1b-3 HCSB Even after being married for over half of our lives, my husband and I still don’t agree or evenContinue reading “Conflict Resolution”

“Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement.’… So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. Then the LordContinue reading “Dates and Dreams”

“We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 HCSB My family’s word for this year is transformation. Romans 12:2 states, “Do notContinue reading “Transformation”