Category Archives: thoughtful and aware

On Being Loved

Posted on August 20, 2017 by

9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” Jeremiah 17:9 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s … Continue reading →

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‘Sunning Ourselves in the Smiles of God’

Posted on August 10, 2017 by

A boy stood on a windy hillside, flying a kite. He continued to release the string of the kite and it went higher and higher until it was completely out of sight. One of his friends walked up and asked … Continue reading →

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Loving Others (Like Jesus Loved Us)

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

  ““A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”” – John 13:34-35 What … Continue reading →

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Plunging the Depths of Grace

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

“One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining … Continue reading →

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Dying is Part of Living

Posted on July 27, 2017 by

“We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.” Romans 6:6, NLT “There are two things which the Church needs: more … Continue reading →

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Our Salvation Is Quite Sure

Posted on July 15, 2017 by

My favorite of all the apostles is John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” I love his Gospel, and the three epistles that he wrote, and of course,  Revelation. There are a couple of things I love about John’s writings: He … Continue reading →

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I Still Grieve (But I Now I’m at Peace)

Posted on July 3, 2017 by

‘Who gathered this flower?’ The gardener answered, ‘The Master.’ And his fellow servant held his peace.” It was November 13th, in the year of our Lord 1999, was unlike any day I have ever experienced. A beating with a baseball … Continue reading →

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