Category: Christian non-fiction
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Silence
The house is quiet. The seconds drip out of the clock into my ears. I remember my grandmother’s clock – and different seconds ticking away. Slower ones made their way across a quiet table, set for two. Time for quiet. Time for silence – Only the dripping of seconds. I…
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Peace and Rest
Slow me down and quiet my heart. Blind me to the distraction that keeps me from seeing You. Deafen me to the noise that draws me away from You. * Your hand is visible all around me. In stillness and peace I can see and hear. * Help me not…
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Come, Walk With Me
Come walk with me into the night. Come to the fields with me. No man-made light, no city glitz Pollute your eyes to see. * Just look into the night sky here. Just wonder like a child. Let deep within you awe and fear Arise and move your mind. *…
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Sovereign God
In pain and all that comes my way, In joys beyond compare. In seasons grand and lonely day, You work with loving care. * There is no place Your love can’t go. No depth my soul can find. No crevasse of the heart so deep Which keeps You locked outside.…
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Memories
Like aged leaves, which fall to the ground memories fall onto the soil or our hearts and feed our lives. Those memories once were moments, some painful, some sweet. We can allow our memories to either nourish or poison our soil. A forgiving heart, which both can humbly receive forgiveness…
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Your Love
Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. * “Father, the thought that You are singing over me is too…
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IN IT
Driving through the countryside at this time of year is beautiful. Trees are stunningly displaying the creativity of our Maker. Looking at these trees can bring sweet comfort, knowing that all too soon the earth will covered with a bitterly cold blanket. I was staring at the beauty of our…
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Just A Moment … Or Is It?
“We do not remember days, We remember moments.” Cesare Pavese * I was walking out into the early morning. The air was heavy with a crisp fall fog. Trees were standing like giants in the mist and their beautifully colored leaves were slowly making their way down to the ground…
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For This Moment
* Trying to capture God filled moments for a later time, is like carrying a handful of water through a race. God fills our days with moments and glimpses not for us to store them away for tomorrow, but rather to help us see Him right now. * Our lack…
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Everything
When I don’t have a song, You are the JOY OF MY HEART. * When people forsake me. You are the LOVE OF MY LIFE. * When my troubles overtake me, You are the PEACE OF MY SOUL. * When I am thirsty, You are the LIVING WATER. * When…
Heidi Viars 