“Katie, phone!” My younger sister pushed the phone toward me. “Oh, who?” I asked my sister, not expecting a phone call. I put the phone to my ear with a hesitant yet confident, “Hello?” From the other end, a radiant voice spun out the speaker with a reply. I instantly recognized it. It was Sarah. […]
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Sometimes I wonder if most Christians really understand what faith means. Faith isn’t just a blind trust. It’s not hope – Paul talks about “faith, hope, and love” and isn’t being redundant. It’s more than just trusting in something. Faith is “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Heb. 11:1, […]
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Did your mom ever tell you that? My brother and I always heard that familiar, reproachful phrase when we set foot in the Science Museum gift shop. That catchy (albeit odd) little phrase frustrated my 6-year-old mind to no end. It was the one time I wanted so badly to touch everything in sight, and […]
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If You should speak or should remain in silence
Should give me light or lead me through the dark
Whatever cost, whatever joy or sorrow
I’ll worship still because of who You are
(Starfield, Sparrow/EMI, ©2006)
As I’ve heard this song “Great is the Lord” a couple of times over the past two weeks, I’ve been speechless every time I […]
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Life isn’t simple. This fact is reiterated every time I come to a fork in the road of life. Each and every decision, big or small, leave me asking two of life’s biggest questions: “Why am I here?” and, “Where am I going?” And, as per my first sentence, the answer never seems simple.
So…why am […]
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“Where do we go? Nobody knows…
Don’t ever say your on your way down when,
God gave you style, and gave you grace…
And put a smile upon your face.”
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Isn’t it shameful how often we are downright miserable? Really. I don’t mean crying, or being upset. But just being miserable, inconsolable, in a foul mood. Sometimes […]
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Tonight I decided to do something that I haven’t done in a long time – look at my blog’s Sitemeter and see who’s checked it out recently. I was surprised to see that I’ve had quite a lot of new hits despite my not updating in years. As I was clicking away on links of […]
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“I will remember the days of old, I meditate on all that you have done. I ponder the work of your hands. I stretch out my hands to you, my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.” Psalm 143:5-6 (ESV)
David wrote these words just after speaking of the desolation of his spirit. Verses 3 […]
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It’s odd how I trust some people instantly, and quickly have deep, meaningful conversations with them. And it’s stranger still how I can know someone for years and years, and yet never really let them get to know me, or try to pursue them as more than an acquaintance. With the latter situation I may […]
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Forthright: adj., free from ambiguity or evasiveness, going straight to the point.
Fixation: noun, an obsessive preoccupation.
(Webster Merriman Online Dictionary, 2008)
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Eight girls. One fixation: the truth of the Gospel.
As sinners, there’s nothing we need more than the Gospel to change our hearts. As Christians, saved by God’s great mercy, we need to be focused on that truth each and every day. There’s […]
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