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I propped up the pillows against the headboard and arranged the comforter around me.   My cup of cinnamon dolce fresh from the Keurig sat on the nightstand next to me.  I greeted my God, as always with an honest assessment of how I feel about getting up and facing the day.   I ask Him to…

    Mark Twain said,   “If you were supposed to talk more than you listen, you’d have 2 mouths and 1 ear.”  I quoted this all the time to my students as a teacher.   Part of my beginning of the year procedure training was teaching the difference in listening and hearing.   We would sit silently…

   Back in February, seems like years ago, a 30-day prayer challenge sailed into my inbox.  I subscribe to ibelieve.com.  They send inspiring blogposts and challenges by email.  I glanced at it and hit “save”.  This particular piece was titled 30 Day Prayer Challenge:  Fighting fear & Anxiety with the Promises of God by Debbie…

Micah came back around after about a year of absence.  Micah.   The “minor prophet”  Micah.  The guy who is so “minor”  no one ever preaches from his writings,  never been a Bible Study about Micah and few sermons feature him as the main character.    In college,  I took a class called “The Minor Prophets” …

    In this world we are living in ,  Isaiah 46:3-4, 9-11  bears repeating.  Verse 3 starts out “Listen to me.”   I was reminded of all the times that I have said to children,  heard my daughter say to my grandchildren, “listen to me”. We usually have to say it several times and grasp their…

Balance,  Thinkin’ today about balance.  Not the world famous “balance”  definition but another one. The world says we can have it all if we balance our diet, our obligations,  our work and play, and on and on. I’m thinkin’ today about balance in my devotional life.  On my first generation IPad, I have downloaded the…