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Tag Archives: Children
I Hear Little Children Singing in My Memories – Jesus Is My Shepherd – Guess Who I Am – Such a Lovely Secret – I’m His Little Lamb – I See Their Sweet Smiles as We Told Them How Much Jesus Loves Them – They Believed It – How Wonderful to Believe as a Child Believes – Without a Doubt or a Care –
I taught Sunday School for many years. Our church operated a Bus Ministry. We purchased old school buses, revamped them, and used them to bring children of all ages from all over the city to church. I taught 3, 4, and 5-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Believe, Bus Ministry, Carol Ann Hoel, Child, Childlike Faith, Children, Faith, Jesus, Jesus our Shepherd, Lamb, Little Lamb, Love of Jesus, Old School Buses, Revamped Buses, Sunday School
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For I Know the Plans I Have for You – Declares the Lord – Plans to Prosper You and Not to Harm You – Plans to Give You Hope and a Future – Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) – So They that Be of Faith are Blessed with Faithful Abraham – Galatians 3:9 – (KJV)
Luke 12:32 – The Bible (KJV) – Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Matthew 7:11 – The Bible (KJV) – If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Abraham, blessing, Children, Earth, Father, Galatians 3:9, gracious, Great Mercy, Heaven, Jeremiah 29:11, Merciful, New Year, New Year Blessing, Removed our Transgressions, slow to anger
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Grace Be to You and Peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ – 2 Corinthians 1:2 – Thank You Lord for Your Unfailing Love –
Genesis 6:8 – The Bible (IJV) – But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord Isaiah 54:9-13 – The Bible (KJV) – For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Comfort, Genesis 6, Grace, Hebrews 8, Hills, Isaiah 54, Mercy, Mountains, My Kindness, Noah, Peace, Pleasant stones, Sapphires, Taught of the Lord, Waters of Noah
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November Calls – Are the Kids at Home – Trusting Souls Are Blessed – Psalm 127 –
Green palms reach high – Dust the clouds away – Blue skies treat eyes with healing balm – Over calm and arid land Cooler breezes waft – Far away – a dust of snow Serenely covers all – November calls – Are the kids At home – … Continue reading
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Tagged Are the Kids at Home, Blue Skies, Carol Ann Hoel, Children, Cooler Breezes, Dust of Snow, Dust the Sky, Eyes, Green Palms, Healing Balm, November, Palms, Praise God, Psalm 127, Sky, Snow
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God Loves Children – He Cares for Orphans in a Special Way – He Sends Believers to Care for Them – God Funds Their Ministries when in Faith they Believe Him – Faith is a Gift – God Gives Faith to Those that Want to Believe – All This Because of Jesus – Our Savior and Lord –
I’ve been reading and studying a book written by a missionary in Guatemala named Becky Dvorak. She and her husband believed God called them from their home in the United States to a city in Guatemala in Central America. They depended on … Continue reading
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Tagged Becky Dvorak, Believers, Children, Dare to Believe, Faith, Guatemala, HIV virus, Infants, Little Ones, Lost Sheep, Missionaries, Mortgage, Orphans, Promises, Provision, Street Children
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Jesus – You Cherish Me
Prelude to poem: Remember the song we sang as children: Jesus loves me; this I know; for the Bible tells me so. Yes, Jesus loves me; the Bible tells me so. And so it does tell us so (John 3:16). … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Poetry, Thought
Tagged abundant grace, Almighty God, Believer, Calvary, cherish me, Children, Fail, Forgiven, Free, Hope, Jesus, Lamb of God, Mistake, Redemption, Regret
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Remembering a Snowball
Remembering the old days, I choose to focus on good memories, like the day my Aunt Virginia visited us on a snowy afternoon during the holiday season. We were a blended family, two parents and six children, in all. Aunt Virginia was … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Aunt, Aunt Virginia, blanket of snow, Children, cocktail, cousin, Deer, dining area, dining room, French doors, glass doors, grasshopper, green mint, holiday, holiday season, honorary aunt, Laughing, Laughter, minty, Mother, pristine snowfall, run, Running, Season, Snow, Snowball, snowball fight, Snowballs, snowfall, teenage, teenager, Virginia
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The Nations Need God
Dear USA: When I see our servicemen and women being mistreated by the Veterans Administration, I hang my head in shame. What has happened to our nation? Our schools and our medical systems have failed, and our nation fails to … Continue reading
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Tagged Against God, Blessings, Children, Consequences, Failure, God, God Bless Our Nation, High Cost of Arrogance, Humble Ourselves, Medical Systems, Nations that forget God, Pray and Stop, Rebelling, Rebellion, Schools, Servicemen and Women, Shame, Stink, Stop Rebelling, USA, Veterans Administration, We Need God, What has happened to our nation? Nation, Without God We Stink
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Little Sister Saves the Day
My sister didn’t talk in sentences yet, so she was probably two or three years old. I was no older than five. When we went out to play, I was responsible for watching her. On this particular day, the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Child, Children, Follow, Lost, Neighborhood, Sister, Sunny, Walk
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Psalm 103:8-14 (The Bible)
8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Dust, East from West, Father, gracious, Iniquities, Lord, Merciful, Pity, Psalm 103, Sins, slow to anger
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There is None Like You LORD
LORD why did you do it Why did you save me Why when I am less than Every other one There is none like you LORD Your banner over me is LOVE LORD because you saved me Please embrace them … Continue reading
Empty Playground
An empty playground brings to mind memories of raising my children. Married at age eighteen and a mother at nineteen, I was not prepared for all that life would demand. The little wisdom I thought I had in my feisty … Continue reading
Camping with Mom – Short Fiction Based on True Story –
Ronda, a young stay-at-home mom weary of the everyday routine of caring for five-year-old Samuel and three-year-old Jennifer, looked forward eagerly to a vacation at a campground snuggled next to a lake a few hundred miles from their home. She … Continue reading
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