Month: May 2017

What Happens After the Storm

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If you could remove one thing from your life what would you choose? A pain or struggle, negativity, bad habit, a certain person, health ailment, heartache.  I have begged God to remove a certain something from my life for years.

Weeds love to take root in the sandy foundation of our brick sidewalk.  They are almost impossible to pull.  After a heavy downpour I was walking down the sidewalk.  Irritated by the weeds, I reached down to pull on it and it eased right out with little resistance.  Next thing I knew I had weeded the entire walkway.

Here’s how God spoke to my heart through that experience.

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Guess What I Marked Off My List!

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Are you a list maker?  Do you ever add something to your list just so you can mark it off the list?  I love the feeling of accomplishment!

As part of our Sunday morning Life Group lesson, we were asked to make a “TO DO LIST” for the week.  We then numbered our list in order of importance.  Then we renumbered the list in order of reality.

It has been fun to watch the week progress to see how I responded.  Guess what?  It was an ambitious list and I still haven’t even started several items.  But I did finally get my windows washed!!

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A Favored Saturday Morning!

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What is your favorite thing to do on Saturday morning?

I was excited to have the morning to sit in a favored chair – the aroma of coffee laced with caramel macchiato at my side.  The soft leather of my Bible snug in my lap.  As the morning light filled the room, I soaked up God’s Word.  I had no commitments to rush off to and was fully anticipating God to speak to me!

I received great encouragement from the following :

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