Author: Heidi Viars
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Give me a Song
Lord, show me how to praise Your name In all my days and nights the same. In all my doubts and questions why. Help me to lift Your name on high. Lord, when my heart with heavy load Prevents me hands to heaven hold. Here show me how to sing…
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Going Home
After two weeks and one day Corey will be released TODAY!!!! He could not be more excited. He still has one chest tube, which has a valve attached to it now. His right lung is still healing and still leaks a little air. There are more check-ups scheduled. God has…
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Perfect Strangers
The phone rang and in an instant our lives changed. While I forget many ordinary tasks I perform during the day, I will never forget what I was doing when my son called me on his cell at 8:33 a.m. to tell me that his older brother collided with a…
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Milestones
After ten days in the ICU and on a ventilator, our son is finally breathing on his own, without a breathing tube. He was extubated this morning and is slowly coming back from a long sleep. We are filled with joy as we are talking with him and even made…
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To My Praying Blogging Friends
If you are a praying friend, I want to ask for your prayers. On Wednesday, July 23, my eighteen year old was involved in an accident. He is currently in ICU with severe lung damage in critical, but stable condition. While on a bike-ride with a group of young people…
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This is the Day – A Testimony
Personal grief prematurely visited Alpha USA executive director Gerard Long and his family after the loss of his second child, Rebecca Long. Witness the wonderful joy in knowing the Lord alongside the deepest grief and suffering in this week’s This is the Day podcast with Nancy Turner as Long shares how his…
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The Number of My Days
So very short my life does span, Along with every mortal man, Across tomorrow’s future vast – Across all history and past. Just like a blossom’s fragile frame, Just like a fire’s fickle flame, Like starlight’s beauty fades with dawn, So will my days on earth be gone. Though oh…
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Despite the Storm
The alarm was set and my walking shoes were waiting. I had every intention of heading out early to see the sunrise. However, I did not wake up so soft music but to furious lighting and thunder. Instead of walking, I sat down and penned a poem. I pray it…
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The Unshakable
I gazed up into the early morning sky. In an instant, I became keenly aware of the vastness that stretched above my head. Though stars were no longer visible, I suddenly realized how incredibly deep space extended over me. Though I could not see, I knew that billions of galaxies…
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Testimony Monday (on Tuesday)
What happens when God picks a fight? This week on the This is the Day podcast, Nancy Turner, talks with respected Bible teacher, Kasey Van Norman, who found herself facing the greatest challenge of her life being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Hear her story from the depths of despair…
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