Category: devotional
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Imago Dei
His image printed on each face In every heart displayed His glory mirrored in each race Throughout the earth arrayed His picture on the weakest child On old and frail, there too In men and women – both alike His likeness peers on through In those despised by this world’s…
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Bean By Bean – A Mother’s Look Back on 2015
Earlier this year I calculated my life in days. I estimated that if I live to a little over 80, the total amount of days would amount to roughly 30,000. I then did something what a couple of my family members consider morbid. I took two big glass jars…
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The Cloth
In plain white cloth of earthen yarn They wrapped Him after He was born. A wooden manger held Him here, God’s precious Son, the Kingdom’s heir. A Friend of Man and Heart of God, There in this earth’s brown, filthy sod, He lay and let this world behold The plan…
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Obstacles
While walking through the woods this morning, worries were weighing me down. I prayed and ask the Lord for wisdom. It was then that I came upon a tree that was blocking a bridge I was about to cross. It must have fallen in the night. It was too heavy…
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Dancing In The Presence Of Pain
Today, my friend shared something with me she saw on her way home from church. The picture still vividly sticks in my mind. She was passing a park. The leaves were brightly yellow, orange, and golden. A little girl in a pink tutu was playing in the sunshine and running…
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Trails of Love
This morning I found the most amazing gift in a tiny and unexpected way, through the most unlikely creature. As I was walking and praying, I noticed on the path a snail trail. The substance the creature had left behind showed where it had crawled. I passed by at first,…
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Luring us In
I cheated. I admit. My smart-phone was a big help in luring them in. A quick internet search and after a few clicks, my phone was singing and calling the field sparrows I was hearing. After only a few minutes they were dancing on the path, wondering how this strange…
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Love Notes
I almost missed the little slip of paper, which had obviously been torn out of a notebook. It was small enough to escape one’s notice easily. There it sat on the floor. I picked it up and turned it around. Immediately my heart became overwhelmed with this familiar feeling of…
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The Beauty of the Cross
I headed out early into a cold morning. I found myself at the foot of an empty cross. I am overwhelmed by the Love of God, who allows me to look at an empty cross. My sins have been cancelled. That which stands in the way of my relationship with…
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Uncomfortable
My hands were freezing as I pushed my groceries across the Walmart parking lot. I noticed a woman standing by the cart-return, where I was parked. She wore the blue store uniform and was obviously cold. While loading my bags in the trunk, I was getting curious and looked around,…
