Category: Books

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5.28.2020 – Walking at His Pace

May 28, 2020

I just used up the last little corner of space in my journal… ✍🏻😬 I didn’t have a new one to continue into, and so I’ve admittedly been trying to conserve the last few pages —attempting to use every little bit of space on the pages, and writing as small and concisely as I can,… Read More 5.28.2020 – Walking at His Pace

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5.26.2020 – God’s Books

May 26, 2020

This morning I was drawn to Malachi 3:16-18… there is something about this passage that is so lovely and especially beautiful to me. 😊💖✨✍🏻 I’ll post it in a couple of different versions because I love the wording of both: “Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened,… Read More 5.26.2020 – God’s Books

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5.21.2020 – “God, what would You like to write upon my heart?”

May 21, 2020

I’ve been hearing this beautiful phrase a lot, especially from our Pastor: “Written upon our hearts…” Heard it again at prayer last night, and this morning again… Suddenly as I heard it again this morning I had a thought, “What kinds of things could God write upon our hearts?” Wow… Yes, He writes His “laws”… Read More 5.21.2020 – “God, what would You like to write upon my heart?”

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5.16.2020 – Every “Page” Matters

May 16, 2020

I’ve only a few pages left in my current leather journal. It’s felt like this one has lasted forever. Don’t get me wrong, I love this journal. It’s one of those kinds with the really nice paper, doesn’t have the lines on the pages, and I can write as small, or as big as I… Read More 5.16.2020 – Every “Page” Matters

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5.15.2020 – “Girls with Swords”

May 15, 2020

Yesterday morning on my Facebook page I shared a quote from a “Facebook Memory” from that date, in the year 2016. “Our God loves triumphing over what looks impossible; therefore, he calls an ambush without any means of escape “an opportunity”!” ― Lisa Bevere, Girls with Swords: Why Women Need to Fight Spiritual Battles (Take note… Read More 5.15.2020 – “Girls with Swords”

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4.28.2020 – His Beautiful Storyline

April 28, 2020

This morning, I’ve found myself marveling at this beautiful storyline we’re living in. If you could see my heart right now, I think it would look like this one: 💖 This beautiful storyline —the one He is writing with us, and the one that has already been written —somehow all intertwined and perfected into a… Read More 4.28.2020 – His Beautiful Storyline

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4.7.2020 – We’ll be able to look back and see…

April 7, 2020

Have you ever been able to look back on something in your life… And it’s like you can now see, exactly how things worked out, how they so perfectly fell into place, fell into alignment, and how things that needed to happen, happened… And it’s like you can see God’s “fingerprints” all over the pages… Read More 4.7.2020 – We’ll be able to look back and see…

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3.24.2020 – Change is in the Air

March 24, 2020

What a strange time we’re living in. It’s a historic time. Imagine all the books and stories and recordings that will come from this moment in time… We’re living it right now. We’re experiencing what will be written about in history books —right now. It’s like we’re finding ourselves suddenly being carried up into a… Read More 3.24.2020 – Change is in the Air

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1.25.2020 – Renewed by The Word

January 25, 2020

The Word of God is truly the “remedy” for anything we could ever face. Isn’t that amazing? How is it so easy to lose sight of that sometimes? The Word nourishes us, and it renews our minds when we begin to grow weary. How it’s so crucial… If we find ourselves listening to the lies,… Read More 1.25.2020 – Renewed by The Word

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1.24.2020 – He likes to keep me on my toes…

January 24, 2020

Lately I’m noticing these patterns in my life…. It’s like the Lord has been teaching me how to recognize when He is leading me into the “next thing” –the next thing He wants me to learn, or to break through, or to step into. It’s the “next thing” He wants me to learn with Him.… Read More 1.24.2020 – He likes to keep me on my toes…

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12.21.19 – Pen, Paper, and Hearts

December 21, 2019

This morning I realized I’m on my last page of my current journal. It always feels like God does something a little different in my life, with each new journal. I’ve come to expect a new “page” turned or perhaps even a new “chapter” as I start each brand new journal. I was thinking about… Read More 12.21.19 – Pen, Paper, and Hearts

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10.24.19 – God’s Storyline

October 24, 2019

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been thinking, and marveling over the fact that God has written a book about my life. He has a “storyline” that He’s created for me, a good and perfectly written, intentional storyline… and yet it’s up to me to use my will to step into His perfect storyline… Read More 10.24.19 – God’s Storyline

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10.17.19 – Facing (or running from) Nerves

October 17, 2019

Have you ever really felt “nervousness” in the pit of your stomach, in the shaking and sweating of your hands, in the pounding of your heart? The concerns and “what ifs” and worries in your mind? Oh it’s awful. It’s embarrassing. It’s horrible. Nervousness is all too familiar to me. For most of my life… Read More 10.17.19 – Facing (or running from) Nerves

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10.15.19 – Morningtime Adventures with the Lord

October 15, 2019

This morning has felt like a treasure hunt, or maybe you could say it has been somewhat of an adventure with the Lord. I’ll be honest and real this morning and admit when I first woke up, my mind immediately wanted to obsess and dwell over some frustrations about my weight. For some reason I… Read More 10.15.19 – Morningtime Adventures with the Lord

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8.29.19 – “It is written…”

August 29, 2019

Have you ever thought of God with His pen? He’s a Writer. He’s the Author. “It is written”… how there is power in those words, in what He has written! He has written Words, He has put them down. Everything about each one of our lives has been documented and recorded. He even takes note… Read More 8.29.19 – “It is written…”

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7.27.19 – The Light that Surfaces and Reveals

July 27, 2019

This morning has been an eventful morning with the Lord. Our Lord is faithful to reveal and uncover and shine His powerful light into the darkness, giving us clarity and ability to see what needs to be seen. When we seek Him for understanding, He will give us all of the understanding that we need.… Read More 7.27.19 – The Light that Surfaces and Reveals