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“Let me experienceYour faithful love in the morning,for I trust in You.Reveal to me the way I should gobecause I long for You.” Psalm 143:8 “Because of the Lord’s faithful lovewe do not perish,for His mercies never end.They are new every morning;great is Your faithfulness!” Lamentations 3:22-23 Each morning, I send a quick text toContinue reading “Morning Texts”

“Who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?” Job 35:11 I don’t remember my life before my first puppy. I was only 2 years old. Her name was Princess. We grew up together. When she was a year or two old, sheContinue reading “Princess”

“Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts. For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglectingContinue reading “Walks with Friends”

“For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4: 17-18 “Your heart must not be troubled. Believe in God;Continue reading “Joy”

“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:24-25 (ESV) Many of my holidays have been spent at the pond ofContinue reading “The Pond”

“‘For I know the plans I have for you’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’” Jeremiah 29:11 “Commit your activities to the Lord, and your plans will be achieved.” Proverbs 16:3 “Do I have to clear the table?”“Not ifContinue reading “Getting Things Done”

“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.” I Chronicles 16:8 “They are also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise the Lord, and likewise in the evening.” I Chronicles 23:30 “Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks and praise Your glorious name.” I Chronicles 29:13Continue reading “Give Thanks”

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 “The one who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress,my God, in whom I trust.’” Psalm 91: 1-2Continue reading “Beach Day”

“Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity.” Colossians 3:14 “Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.” Proverbs 12:25 “Be alert, stand firm in the faith, act like a man, be strong. Your every action must be done with love.” I Corinthians 16: 13-14 We’re startingContinue reading “Six Feet Apart”

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 My best friend’s daughter, Samantha, and her husband Troy, welcomed a beautiful baby boy named Jayden. He was a few months old before doctorsContinue reading “A Child in Heaven”