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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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- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- 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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- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- 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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- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
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- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
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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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Better Promises – Better than What Promises – Speaking of Jesus the Writer of the Book of Hebrews Says – But Now Hath He Obtained a More Excellent Ministry – by How Much Also He is the Mediator of a Better Covenant – which Was Established upon Better Promises –
Abraham (father of faith) lived under the promises of grace, which promises New Testament believers may enjoy (if we know what promises belong to us). Romans 4:3 tell us, for what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Letters to a Friend (series)
Tagged Abraham, Better Covenant, Better Promises, Blessing of Abraham, Christ, Curse of the Law, Deuteronomy 28, Expect to Receive, Father of Faith, gift of righteousness, Grace, Jesus, Mediator, New Testament, Old Covenant
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I Will Sing of the Mercies of The Lord Forever – with My Mouth Will I Make Known Your Faithfulness to All Generations – Psalm 89:1 – The Psalmist Penned These Words During a Time of Trouble – He Reminded God of His Promises – We Have Even Better Promises than His Generation – God Is Faithful – We May Remind Him – And He Will Hear Us – And He Will Deliver Us –
If you would like to read all of Psalm 89, you will see at the end of it how sad and troubled the writer was when he wrote it. He reminded the Lord of the Covenant He had made with David. He recounts the Lord’s … Continue reading
As a Bird Escaped Out of the Snare of the Fowlers, the Snare Is Broken, and We Are Escaped – Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord, Who Made Heaven and Earth – Psalm 124
Psalm 124 – The Bible (KJV) – If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they … Continue reading
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Tagged Bird, Christ, Earth, Escaped, God, Heaven, Help, Jesus, Name of the Lord, Our Soul Escaped, Psalm 124, Savior, Snare
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Clouds Change their Shapes – They Move with Wind Currents – They Float in the Sky and Disappear – Jesus – Creator – Who Made Them – Is Always With Us – He Never Changes – He Never Disappears –
Watching clouds in the sky was one of my favorite childhood pastimes. I stared at the clouds when I was alone and had no one to talk with. Lying flat on the grass I would look up, imagining a cloud to … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged animals, breath, Childhood pastime, Christ, Clouds, Floating in Sky, God, God with Us, Heartbeat, Heavens, Jesus, Life is good, Lord, Shapes, Sky
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What Was the Attitude of Jesus – Jesus Was Moved with Compassion – He Instructed His Disciples this Way – Heal the Sick – Cleanse the Lepers – Raise the Dead – Cast Out Devils – Freely Ye Have Received – Freely Give –
How fiercely you cared for us – LORD Jesus – Your compassion drove You to the cruel cross – Your love allowed the nails to hold You there – Your death and resurrection set us free – By Your wounds … Continue reading
Psalm 22 – The Bible – (KJV) – Messianic Psalm – Prophecy – Crucifixion of Christ –
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night … Continue reading
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Tagged Calvary, Christ, Christian, Cross, Cross of Calvary, Crucifixion of Christ, Jesus, My God, Psalm 22, Redemption, Salvation, Savior, Suffering, The Bible, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me
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Happy Resurrection Morning – Jesus Rose from the Dead As He Said He Would – Coming Again for Us As Promised – Watch and Wait and Share the Good News –
Mark 16:1-7 – The Bible (KJV) – And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christian, Coming Again, Easter, God, Good News, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus Lives, Lord, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Resurrection, Risen, Rose from the Dead
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I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep…Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again…
John 10:11:18 – The Bible (KJV) – I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible Verse, Christ, Christian, Father, Gives life, Good Shepherd, Hired Man Flees, Hireling, Jesus, Other Sheep, Scatter Sheep, Scattered Sheep, Wolf
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When Christians Miss the Mark, Sin, Fall Short, or Fail – What Then – (Letters to a Friend – Series)
Here we are merrily going along living the Christian life, when we suddenly stumble, slip, or fall. Maybe it isn’t sudden. Perhaps we are slowly backsliding into a weakened state, when finally we fall and we know it. We are … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Letters to a Friend (series), Thought
Tagged Accuser, Believe, Christ, Christians, Comforter, Fail, Fall Short, Fellowship, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John 16:7-11, No Condemnation, Righteousness
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Oh Jesus – Forever You Love Me
So often – LORD – I disappoint myself – And I think I disappoint you – But then I remember That You knew me Before You saved me – My failures are no surprise To You – Oh Jesus – … Continue reading
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Tagged All-Knowing, Christ, disappoint, Everlasting Love, Forever, Jesus, love, No Surprise, Omniscient, Salvation, Savior
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Conversation between Friends at Starbucks (Short Fiction)
“I’d like to buy a home, but how can anyone take a chance in this world of uncertainty?” Mary, a single mom with a good job, spoke from her heart. “What are you afraid of, Mary?” her best friend, Sherry, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Coffee, Short Fiction
Tagged Catastrophes, Christ, Coffee, Economy, Flood, hurricane, Jesus, Short Fiction, Single Mom, Starbucks, Terrorist, Tornado, Tsunami, Uncertainty, Worry
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Worthy Is The Lamb – Forgets Me Never
You – LORD – You proved Yourself anew – I called on You – and only You – And You came through – You always do – So like You – LORD – to show Yourself true – But unlike … Continue reading
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Jesus – My Identity
Your Beloved I am – You died for me – Paid the price To set me free – Who am I – I am You – In You I dwell – The world to tell – My identity rests In … Continue reading
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Tagged Beloved, Blessed, Calvary, Christ, Christian, Dwell In You I dwell, Faithfulness, God, Identity, Jesus, Nest, New Creation, New Creature, Paid the Price, Savior, Tell the World, the World, Who am I, World
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Springtime in My Heart
Springtime in my heart – Lord – Stirring breeze melts tedious freeze – Your love like sun rays warms my heart – My spirit leaps to treetop suites – Love nest there waits – In You I rest Complete … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christian, Christian poetry, God, Heart, Jesus, Lord, Lord Jesus, love, Love Nest, Rest, Savior, Season, song of solomon, Spring, Springtime, springtime in my heart, Sun, Sun Rays, Sunshine, Time of peace, time of the singing of birds, Treetop, voice of the turtle, Wait, Your Love
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Holy God – Perfect Lamb – Jesus – Savior
God is Holy. He cannot bear to look at sin. If any of us had one single sin that wasn’t covered by the blood of Jesus, we could not stand before God. Jesus, the Lamb of God that takes away … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Blood of Jesus, Christ, Death, Forgiveness, Healing, Jesus, Justification, Lamb of God, Perfect Lamb, punishment, Redemption, Resurrection, Righteousness, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin, Son of God, Takes away Sins
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Resurrection
Risen LORD How could it be Scourged tortured Pierced executed Buried entombed Mightily you rose No one knows but You how to die And live again How You walked Away that day Delivered Your Sacrifice for us To … Continue reading
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Tagged Buried, Christ, Delivered Your Sacrifice, Emmaus Road, Entombed, Eternity, Executed, Faithful One, Father God, How to Die and Live Again, How You Walked Away, Jesus, Messiah, Mightily You Rose, Pierced, Resurrection, Risen Lord, Sacrifice, Savior, Scourged, Thank You Lord, Tortured, You Kept Your Word
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Something Old and Something New
LORD You created the Universe on The first page of the Old Testament In Genesis Chapter One In Genesis Chapter Two You made Adam and Eve And the Garden of Eden – In Genesis Chapter Three The Serpent got in … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, Animal SKIN, Blood Sacrifice, Blood Spilled to Pay, Bloodshed Began, Christ, Covering of Skin, Creator, Foreknowledge, Fullness of Time, Gad Hates Sin, Genesis, God Loves Sinners, Jesus carried load, Jesus' Work on Cross, Lamb of God, Law cannot forgive, Law Points Out Sin, Ledger, New Testament, Old Testament, Old Testament Law Fulfilled, One Lamb, One Price for All, One Sacrifice, Open door, Plan to Save Man, Sacrifice, Salvation, Serpent, Settle Score, Sheep Pigeon, Sin, Sinner forever free, Something Old and Something New, Tree, Turtledove, Universe
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The Best Is Yet and Forever
I watch you shine in my life As You fill my heart with hope My days with pleasure spill over I thank you LORD for your favor All this is but the beginning I praise You LORD of my life … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning, Best is Yet, Butterfly, Christ, Christian, Cocoon, Crystal River, Eternity, Favor, God, Hope, Jesus, Life Conquers Death, LifeForever, Lord, Praise, River of Life
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