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Forgiven
I’ve mentioned that I’m a member of two social media groups for bereaved parents. It always saddens me when parents post that they are worried and afraid that their child might not have made it to Heaven. Usually, these worries are related to how their child died – from drug or alcohol abuse, while committing…
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All Things
The daily devotional from Proverbs 31 Women on September 9th referenced Romans 8:28. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 The author talked about how in the span of one year, she was diagnosed with…
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Closer
I’ve mentioned quite a few times (I do tend to repeat myself), that I love the old hymns. A friend whose husband is a Presbyterian minister remarked a few weeks ago that, although she likes the worship music they sing in Sunday services, she wishes they would include one or two of the old standard…
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Making Plans
I like to make plans. I love things that have structure, organization, and a defined conclusion. When I was a child, I was so excited the first time I saw graph paper in an office supply store. I had started a new hobby of drawing house plans. I would carefully draw the outline of a…
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When God Says No
We who have been raised in Christian families were taught since we were small that God is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good, all-faithful, eternal, and never changing. We’ve also been told that if we pray to God and ask in faith for something, He will give it. There are multiple Bible verses that tell us God will…
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Lemonade
I wrote a few months ago about platitudes and how unhelpful I find them. They seem to me like trite words that brush aside how frightening and painful life can sometimes be. Especially when they imply that as Christians, we shouldn’t exhibit fear or worry or grief. Or any negative emotions. I have a friend…
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Sparrows
There is an old gospel hymn written in 1905 by Civilla Martin and Charles Gabriel called “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” The first verse and chorus go: Why should I feel discouraged?Why should the shadows come?Why should my heart be lonely,And long for heav’n and home,When Jesus is my portion?My constant Friend is He:His…
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I Care
Last week I wrote about God knowing before I was born what my life story was going to be. Including what would “break me open” and what would “build me back up again.” That same week a friend who is also a fellow writer and fellow bereaved mother asked this question in her blog: In…
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Search Me
A few weeks ago, I finished a devotional from The Bible app called Search Me, Know Me based on Psalm 139. The most quoted verse from this psalm is the first half of verse 14, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” But in the very first verse David acknowledges to God,…
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Wealth
My youngest grandchild has a wealth of stuffed animals. What my grandmother Stuart might have called a gracious plenty. I don’t know the exact count, but I’m pretty sure all the animals in the national zoo are represented. Really, she has a lot. A couple of years ago her mother bought her a very large…
