And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Genesis 15:5a (ESV)
A couple weeks ago, while living at a remote camp somewhere near Middle of Nowhere, Virginia, I had the opportunity to take a handful of strolls beneath a completely clear night sky. […]
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I don’t know about you, but when I’m consumed in to-do lists, grades, relationships, schedules, decisions, conflicts, budgeting, vacuuming, and pumping gas, thoughts about my future heavenly dwelling are not foremost in my mind.
Don’t get me wrong, God has definitely called me to be faithful in all of those things, but there’s a good reason […]
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February is the love month. On the 14th of the month, every year without fail or exception, you will find sweethearts all over the world declaring their undying devotion to one another as well as exchanging gifts of chocolates and flowers, and taking romantic strolls and whispering sweet nothings over candlelit dinners. On […]
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Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16)
Whether I am standing at the start of a trail up to a high peak, the top of a steep ski slope, or the beginning of a […]
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Debbie Jane:
This week I’ve been steadily reading over Romans chapter 12 (NIV). Lately, my love, grace, and passion have all been strangled in self, and I’ve been refocusing on how God wants me to be.
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then […]
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“Just don’t give up on Him!”
On reading those words in an email from a friend, tears began to slip down my face. I really identified with the implications of that statement (or command, rather). I really did feel like giving up and withdrawing my trust from God. These past few weeks have been draining and […]
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And I am speechless I’m astonished and amazed
I am silenced by your wondrous grace
You have saved me
You have raised me from the grave
And I am speechless in your presence now
I’m astounded as I consider how
You have shown us
A love that leaves us speechless(Steven Curtis Chapman, Speechless)
One night about 2 weeks ago these lyrics became more […]
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In case you’re unfamiliar with what a Truthfest is, see our first one here. Feel free to comment with what God has been teaching you this week! We’d love to see how He’s been at work, and as Christians, we are called to testify to His grace in our lives.
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Debbie Jane:
God is convicting me […]
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My dad eagerly escorted me into the entryway, opened the front door, and said, “What do you see?”
I stared blankly at the car parked in front of the house—there was the mailbox, the lawn, the brick steps. Not knowing what he thought I should see, I offered the only intelligent reply I had.
“Um…”
“You don’t see […]
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(an illustration)
October 10th, 2007. Toad’s Place. Richmond, Virginia.
My brother is a musician. We all are, really, but especially Ross. Ross took my sister and me to a concert a few months back. There were several bands performing that night, but we came to see the “headliner”: a band that has been around for […]
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