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“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”

“Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.” Ephesians 5:1-2 “Death, where is your victory?Death, where is your sting?Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is theContinue reading “The Reason”

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17 ESV “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 HCSB “ThanksContinue reading “Christmas Morning”

“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.” 2 Corinthians 9:15 “Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.” James 1:17 The Lord’s gifts come to all of us; each as differently as the personContinue reading “God’s Gifts”

“The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He saves those crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 “Therefore, let us then approach God’s throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.” Hebrews 4:16 Life After Loss Life after loss is not the same. There areContinue reading “Life After Loss”

“Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;establish for us the work of our hands—establish the work of our hands!” Psalm 90:17 “Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men,” Colossians 3:23 Homemade items are the best! They’re full of thought and love, skillContinue reading “Homemade”