I was rolling out tortillas and singing, as I so often do. Sometimes absentmindedly, but this time I was actually listening to the words. Psalm 5 (a version by Maranatha) came to mind, so I sang it in English and Spanish. And the last phrase caught me. In English, it ends “My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O…
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Looking Up
The Secret of Contentment
I have wondered often about that “thing” called contentment. The dictionary definition is: “The state of being contented, satisfaction, ease of mind, the act of making contentedly satisfied.” Okay. Kinda helpful. Yet as always, I must turn to Scripture. How does Christ define contentment? See, when you’re single, “helpful” people are always telling you to “just be content, and God…
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Acceptance With Joy
I am writing outside again, in the cool of a summer evening here in the desert land of Washington, surrounded by my family’s oasis of rolling green pastures and hayfields, woodpiles, flowerbeds, gardens, projects of all sorts, the laughter of happy children in the distance, wind blowing through the trees, not far from an old farmhouse filled with memories and…
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Will Faith Go To Work . . . Here?
“The pain of loneliness is one way in which He wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and holy. But we may be missing the fact that it is here, where we happen to be at this moment and not in another place or another time, that we may learn to love Him –…
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A Living Hope in a Living God
I am sitting outside on this beautiful spring day, wind blowing in the trees, sprinklers running in the distance, the sun peeking in and out. It is peaceful and beautiful and I am so grateful for the time I have had to dig into His Word surrounded by His creation and simply be in His presence. I’ve been working my…
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