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Our Sufficient God

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I recently started a Beth Moore study entitled "A Woman's Heart, God's Dwelling Place."  One of the verses we read during the first week focused on God's call to Abram in Genesis 12:1: The Lord said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.' Well, yikes.  That's a lot of leaving.  God was asking Abram to give up a great … [Read more...]

What to leave behind

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As I'm writing this, I'm keeping an eye on the weather. Hurricane Irma is fast approaching the state of Florida and we could receive a direct hit. The storm could take a turn and go straight up through Florida or it could hit the eastern coast of the US. We don't know yet. It might change and give the panhandle where we live, a run for our money. So today, I've been washing clothes, buying … [Read more...]

Returning Home

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I just returned from a wonderful visit with my mother and my sister Peggy and her family in the little village in New York State where I grew up. The town is nestled in the Shawangunk Mountains, and seeing the mountains again is like seeing old friends. I always forget how much I’ve missed them while living in the flat Midwest. Peggy and I had a chance to go on several hikes while I was home, … [Read more...]

Catching the Wind

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Every spring the youth group at our church holds a banquet where they auction off an assortment of great prizes to fund their summer mission trips. I bought a ticket for a chance to win a sailboat excursion on Lake Michigan. I’ve never sailed before, but I love to sit on our beach and watch the sailboats gliding gracefully across the lake, their white sails billowing. It looks like such a calm, … [Read more...]

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