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My God Is In Control
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. -Deut 7:9
Posted in Christianity, Devotional
Tagged Almighty Creator, Almighty God, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Eternal Counsel, Eternal Father, Faithful Father, Faithful God, Father Almighty, God Is In Control, God The Father, Heidelberg Catechism, Holy One Of Israel, Lord Jesus Christ, Power Of God, Romans 8
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You Gotta Love Michigan
My niece, Rachel has taped to her bed a piece of paper For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. (Isa. 41:13) right … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged family, God, Isa. 41:13, Love, Niece, Safety Certificate, State Michigan, State Of Michigan
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A Man Named Joseph Came to Mind…
I was going over my day…as tired as I am, I have been tempted to be a little impatient. Maybe that “natural”, but I don’t want it to be me. I snapped at my dad. We had mom halfway out … Continue reading
update on dad…
his blood sugar was 498 before he left the hospital. after they kept him fasting all night and gave him chocolate milk and grits for breakfast. His blood sugar is screwed after a night of not eating, no insulin and … Continue reading
Martin Luther writes about the cross
“True contemplation (of the cross) is that in which the heart is crushed and the conscience smitten. You must be overwhelmed by the frightful wrath of God who so hated sin that he spared not his only begotten Son. What … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Theologians
Tagged Beloved Son, Christianity, Conscience, Contemplation, doubt, Exhortation, Hebrews 12, Jesus, Martin Luther, Throne Of God, Wrath Of God
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Raw Emotions
This day has been an exercise in aloneness. Holding a towel to my dad’s face, trying to stop the blood streaming down his face. cleaning up a pool of blood as the put him in an ambulance the helplessness I … Continue reading
Hebrews 4
I’m reading in Hebrews 4… God’s Sabbath rest. 1Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2For good news came to us just … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Devotional
Tagged comfort, Evils, faith, Faithful To His Promises, grief, Hearers, Hearts, Heaven And Earth, Hebrews, Israel, Long Time, Manuscripts, Matthew Henry, Promises Of God, Psa, Refreshment, Romans, Sabbath, Sabbath Rest, Six Days, True God, Wrath
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The napkin in my Bible
I found a piece of napkin in my Bible. I must have been at a luncheon or something in order to have a napkin. God works by contraries so that a man feels himself los tin the very moment when … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, faith, Health, Light Breaks, Peace, Word Of God
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Come Thou Fount
My mom was listening to this and I remember her singing it to me as a child. I have several versions… not a single one by Chris Tomlin
Death…
Death has been called “the new obscenity”, the nasty thing that no polite person nowadays will talk about in public. But death, even when unmentionable, remains inescapable. The one sure fact of life is that one day, with or without … Continue reading
2 days of fasting…
right now, my mom is markedly better. and I don’t know if (after a couple of days) if I’d really be fasting, or just not have an appetite.
“Someday Questions” 7 and 8
7- define “monagamy” see “define faithful” monogamy…one partner. Period. 8 – What are you looking for in a life time mate? I’m not interested in “stuff”. I don’t want a man for the stuff he can give me. I want … Continue reading
Mom…
I think we saw real progress today. She’s getting stronger and I helped her with PT for the first time since I left last week there are exercises that she’s doing on her own that she could not do then.
Niebuhr vs. Lewis
I was just re-reading a couple of articles… Barack Obama said during his presidential campaign that Reinhold Niebuhr was one of his favorite philosophers. I’ve been reading “Mere Christianity” Niebuhr said, “we use evil to prevent a greater evil” and … Continue reading
podcasts…
I need to find some different ones. All the ones that we discovered together…just hurt. For right now, I’m listening to music when I walk. And reading while I sit. I can listen to C.S.Lewis.
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Upgrading and fasting
I thought it would be an easy process…it took too long away from prayer. I’m still right here. I prayed a lot this morning…now I’m going to hit the treadmill. Praying for all those I love dearly.
Today -
the health aide comes and then the visiting nurse. I just had the coffee maker together wrong and it put coffee all over. the last of the water in the filter is running out now. The plan today is to … Continue reading