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Dreams of Heaven

by | Feb 5, 2022 | dreams

A young discipleship student with a lot of prior history of trauma and PTSD calls me frequently to discuss her dreams and seek help in gleaning the meaning that lies in them. Her dreams were, when we first met, nightmares of snarling, foreboding demons and feelings of...

Woundedness to Brokenness to Kingdom of God

by | Feb 4, 2022 | brokenness

When we give our woundedness over to God willingly and completely, it is transformed into a beautiful sacrifice that He receives with tender compassion, converts to refining brokenness and poverty of spirit that He loves and redeems and uses to enfold us into the...

Godly Humanity

by | Feb 4, 2022 | holiness

A prayer partner friend and I find that God often has us on parallel tracks….. What He is speaking to her through her activities and contacts, He is also speaking to me through mine… This is part of a devotional she shared yesterday.  I had been reflecting...

Name of God

by | Feb 4, 2022 | God's attributes, heart of God

Beautiful…… Rob Bell had a Nooma Video called “Breathe” that illustrated this.. “There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original...

Motherisms

by | Feb 4, 2022 | pets

    My Mother had a saying…. a demand of us…. that she used with us children all my young life: “Keep your head up even if your tail is dragging the ground.” My veterinary office, North Bay Animal Hospital, has this sign outside since...

Transcending Sorrows With Christ

by | Feb 4, 2022 | Suffering

Jesus Christ was a man of sorrows, yet the bearer of joy to a weary world. Being in ministry reveals a small insight into the depth of His sorrow, not just on the cross but looking daily into the eyes and hearts of dead souls that don’t even know they are...

Winter’s Icy Breath

by | Feb 4, 2022 | heart of God

An interesting reflection today, considering conversations this week about the cold, the rain, the chageability of it all, etc…… It reminds me, too, of scripture that also says, “The rain falls on the just and the unjust.” (Posted 2/4/2016)...

Memory of Family Pets

by | Feb 4, 2022 | pets

2/4/2017….. Pet Memories “We have been medicating our little one-eyed kitty’s “good” eye for about 3 weeks and have almost 2 more weeks of treatment. She then goes back to the veterinary ophthalmology office in Tallahassee. It seems to be...

Training on Baby Food or Meat of the Word

by | Feb 4, 2022 | Bible Study

I have expressed a preference to see more groups take on direct Bible study instead of purchasing  commercial lesson package plans with DVDs, books, and study guides one after another.  We are training people to eat scriptural baby food instead of training them to...