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The Purpose of Our Passions
When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven. Nehemiah 1:4 Have you ever been so moved by something that it permeated every area of your life? Every thought, every decision, every action was filtered through this passion? This is not the passion of a…
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The Perfect Note
For by one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy. Hebrews 10:14 It started out as an innocent flirtation between my husband and I, but ended up so much more. At some point in our marriage, my mom had made the comment that I never did anything wrong growing up, and from time to time…
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The Princess In The Mirror
When I was a little girl, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella was broadcast on network television about once a year. On the nights it aired, I would be glued to the set from the second it began until the last credits rolled. That night I would dream I was Cinderella. The next day I would pretend I was Cinderella. Oh, how I…
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I Am The Lord’s Servant
This is a rewrite of a post I published almost eight years ago. As I was listening to Mary Did You Know by Mark Lowry the other day, I was again struck by the knowledge that Mary’s message in the recounting of Jesus’ birth is just as relevant today as it was for her so very long ago. Listen…
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Who Does He Say That You Are?
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are…
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Masterpiece
It was just an ordinary stick. Most of us wouldn’t have paid much attention to it. The master carpenter, however, took it back to his shop where he whittled and sanded and varnished until he was so pleased with the results he placed it proudly in his shop window for everyone to see. Soon an elderly gentleman walked by.…
