Tag Archives: Grace
Mercy: Requested! Reflected?
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. – Psalm 51:1-2 NIV …oft requested, yet not reflected … Continue reading
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Recompense
Recompense is made for the guilty and the shamed For eternity is gained in the arms of the slain Oh my soul, praise Him Training Journal – 4/6/12: Current plan: 10-Miler Training Today’s session: 6 mile easy run @ 9:40 … Continue reading
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Sometimes [Crowder]
Sometimes Sometimes every one of us feels Like we’ll never be healed Sometimes Sometimes every one of us aches Like we’ll never be saved Sometimes When you’ve given up Let your healing come Till you’re rising up Let your healing … Continue reading
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The Unqualified, Qualified
I read this the other day and it hit me that we often see it incorrectly… We read: “…giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom … Continue reading
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He Putteth Up
I read this the other day: He put up with them through forty years of wandering in the wilderness. – Acts 13:18 NLT So glad He puts up with me too. [thank You God!] x …Oh, and here’s a little … Continue reading
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Red Cups, Twinkling Lights, and Earth-Friendly Trees
As those three items – and a load of others – bombard us over the next six-plus weeks, I resolve (and challenge you) to remember: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us … And from his fullness we … Continue reading
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O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Good words… O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. O light that followest … Continue reading
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October 5, 2011 Thoughts
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. – … Continue reading
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Just Like Me
I find these quotes comforting. Not solely for their content, but the identity of the person who thought/penned them: “The burden is too heavy for me.” – Moses, Numbers 11:14 “Life’s been nothing but trouble and tears” – Jeremiah, Jeremiah … Continue reading
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Game of Thorns
Whenever I prune our roses, lessons abound. It’s a given. Yesterday, I was working in the backyard on a gangly bush and saw the limb shown above. I thought, “If I grab it just right, I won’t get stuck.” Guess … Continue reading
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