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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
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- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
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- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
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- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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Category Archives: Poetry
Growing – Learning – Believing – Confidence – Resting – Our Inheritance in Christ –
Living a better way now – taming the thoughts I think – You ask – Why make a change – why not think the same – Learning things I should have known raised my Expectations in this life from good … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Poetry
Tagged Believing, Calvary, Change, Confidence, Expectations, Gospel, Grace, Growing, Healing, Jesus, Learning, Plain talk, Power over spirits, Strength to use authority, Taming thoughts
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Perspective
Stretching ourselves again – Lord – Leaving our comfort zone …. How I’ve settled here – Loving sameness – Loving stillness – Sometimes seeing the day we leave Our campsite as the day We launch our home on wheels … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Photos, Poetry
Tagged Author, Buddy for David, Carol Ann Hoel, Comfort Zone, Faith, Horizon, Lord Jesus, Motorhome, No fear, Novel, Perspective, Point of View, RV, Suspense, Unknown
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I Knew – I Knew – I Know –
When uncertainties like monsters Loom in the shadows – When chaos roars – I hear Your Love song – Grace – Grace – Grace – And my heart sings back to You – I knew You would not fail – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Chaos, Christian, Faith, Faithful, Faithfulness, God is Love, Goodness, Jesus, Jesus is Lord, Lord Jesus, love, Terrorism, Terrorist attack, Uncertainties
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Let Us Not Lose Our Confidence – The Gospel Is Simple – Jesus Is LORD and Savior – We Have Been Redeemed – Believe – Receive – Be Happy –
Jesus saved us On the cross – Bore our sins – Recouped our loss – We are His – He is ours – Forever safe – Forever blessed – We may fail – We may fall – We are weak … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bible, Carol Ann Hoel, Christ, Confidence, Faithfulness, God, Isaiah 54:17, Jesus, John 3:16, Might God, Redeemed, Redeemer, Savior, Super Size
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When My Faith is Weak – When I Should Trust but Don’t – I Call on You – Strong One – You Show Me – I Praise You – My LORD – My Savior – My God –
When my future seems in jeopardy – When my heart flutters without rest – I call on You – LORD – Strong One – And You rescue me from doubt – You show me the way out – It was there all the time – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Christ, Doubt, Faith, God, Jeopardy, Jesus, Lord, Praise, Rescue, Savior, Strong One, Trust, Way Out, Weak Faith, Weakness
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Jesus – Our Savior – Our Lord – Gives Us beauty for Ashes – Joy for Mourning – Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness – Calls Us Trees of Righteousness – The Planting of the Lord – That He Might Be Glorified –
Look at the fields – they are ready to harvest – Is that what I should see – I don’t know – Maybe so – Lord – You give us beauty for ashes – Joy for mourning – Praise for the spirit of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged beauty for ashes, Brokenhearted, Carol Ann Hoel, Comfort, Father, garment of praise, Gift, Grief, Harvest, Joy, Mourning, Praise, Righteousness, too much sorrow, Trees of Righteousness
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Friend of the Friendless – Jesus – Jesus – Jesus –
Jesus – Jesus – Jesus – Friend of the friendless – Calmer of the storm – Keeper of the Covenant – I rest in You – Blue on blue – Sky on water – Me and You – Peace like … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blue on Blue, Calm Storm, Cleanses my soul, Covenant, Doubt, Fear, Friend of Friendless, Jesus, love, Me and You, Peace, rain, Rest, Sky, Water
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Jesus Is the Brightness of God’s Glory and the Express Image of His Person – As the Apple Tree among the Trees of the Wood – So Is My Beloved among the Sons – His Banner over Me Was Love –
Whatever we want to know about God May be seen in Jesus – who is the brightness of His glory, the express image of His person – Lord of Lord – King of Kings – Jesus – The Lamb that was … Continue reading
It Is Finished – We Rest in His Completed Work Alone – We Have Nothing to Add – Jesus – Lord of Lords – King of Kings – Gave Himself for Us – He Lives – We Live –
The law has been fulfilled by our Savior – Not by you or me – no – not by us – Our fallen state has been redeemed – But what must we do to stay redeemed – What crown of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Abide in Him, Carol Ann Hoel, Christ Jesus, Crown of Thorns, It Is Finished, Jesus Christ, Let God be God, Lord, love, Nothing Lacking, punishment, Redeemer, Rest in Him, Salvation, Savior
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What Do We Say to the Voices of Discouragement and Despair We Hear Everyday – God Has Given Us the Spirit of Power – Love – and Sound Mind – Come to Jesus and Rest –
There’s a place prepared for us – Jesus said – We should not be troubled nor afraid – How quickly we leave our lofty realm of trust – How we drop from faith to fear in a moment – We hear … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Another Voice, Deceitful words, Discern Spirits, Fear, Jesus, Lies, love, Never Leave, Peace, Place Prepared, Power, Sound Mind, Troubles, Trust, Voice
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There Is None Like You – Lord – Oh – I Said that Before – I’ll Say It Again – Lord – There Is None Like You –
I was a child when You first revealed Yourself – Lord – Young and helpless – alone – Unseen but always with me – As I grew – always You Were watching Over me – More aware of You I became – … Continue reading
Lord – There is None Like You – Not One –
Lord – You excite me – You fill my heart with wonder – All the blessings I expect from You You exceed – Lord – You humble me – You stop pride in its tracks – How do You do it – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blessings, Carol Ann Hoel, Excite me, Humble, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Leading Me, Lord, Loving unreservedly, None Like You LORD, Pride, Show Me, The Lord, Wonder, You exceed
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If Only … If Only …
The Lord is my Shepherd – I shall not want – Is this a promise – I believe it is – You are my Lord – You always have provided All I ever needed – Throughout the years – Generously – Not only … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bible, Carol Ann Hoel, Everlasting Love, Generous, Goodness, If only, Jesus Christ, Powerful, Promise, Provider, Shepherd, Taught Me, Understanding, Word of God, Your Word
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Immersed in Your love –
Immersed in Your love for me – I sense Your love for all – I yearn to understand – You – Abba – Father – Lord – My God – I search the fields for clues – The longer I seek – more pieces … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Abba, Father, Jesus, Leaped into the fray, love, Love of God, Majesty, My God, Puzzle, Savior, Teach me, Three in One, Trinity, Why You Cared, You LORD
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Cloudy Skies – But Sun Shines in My Heart –
Looking out my window Early in the morning – Cloudy skies look back – Greetings to you – Cloudy skies – Sun shines in my heart Never alone in sun Or cloud – Within My heart – Holy Spirit warms … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Clouds, Cloudy Skies, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Looking out my window, Lord Jesus, Peace, Psalm 23, Shepherd, Son of God, Sun, Sunshine, The Lord is my Shepherd, Worship
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All the Promises of God Are True
All the promises of God are true – He watches over His Word to perform it – If you believe Jesus is your Savior He is – and – He is your God – You know it – You … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Confidence, Defeated Enemy, Doubt, Faith, Fallen from Grace, Falling Short, Grace, Jesus, No Condemnation, Open door, Our Adversary, Promises of God, Savior, The devil, Your Adversary
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When Deep Disappointment Plunges Its Stinger in Your Soul … Don’t Doubt Your Savior’s Love – Trust and Believe – Speak Hope – Trouble Is Temporary – Love Is Eternal – Jesus Saves –
Holding onto hope – My hope was crushed – How did it happen – How could my world Collapse – Looking for one to blame – I blamed the Innocent One – Where was His help – I thought – I’d been taught Jesus saves… Condemnation … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Affliction, Condemnation, Disappointment, Doubt, Fire, God's Love, Guilt, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Saves, love, Love of God, Savior's Love, The Bible, Trouble
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Clouds or Not – Sun Rises – God’s Mercies Are New Every Morning – There Is Hope in the Darkest Night – The Sun Will Rise – Know that You Know – God LOVES You – Look Up – Jesus Is Lord –
Though troubles abound And your future seems Impossible – Remember who you are – The righteousness of God in Christ – You are His workmanship – You are His Beloved – You are seated with Him in heavenly places – Our Father … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Beloved, Calvary, Carol Ann Hoel, faith in god, Heavenly places, Hope, Jesus, Jesus is Lord, Love of God, Mercies of God, Mercy, Provision, Step of Faith, Sunrise, The Bible
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Dawn – I Watch for You – Longingly –
While sitting by the window – Deepest darkness staring back at me – But not for long – for Dawn is near – First shimmer of light appears- Whose whisper dismisses the cold dark night – Whose radiance sparks a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Another Day, Carol Ann Hoel, cold dark night, Darkness, Dawn, Day and Night, Daylight, Harvest, Heat, Radiance, Seedtime, Shadow, Summer, Sun Rising, Winter
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