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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 –
- Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
- 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 –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
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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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- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- 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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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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Who Am I – Wife – Mom – Grandma – Great Grand too – a Writer – Last of All – First of All I Am a Spirit – One with Jesus Christ – Forever Young and in Love –
Life is short and long at the same time, short because time flies by, long because we are eternal creatures. Time passes. Life goes on. The hours, days, and years we have here may seem frivolous and sometimes meaningles, but each … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Comfort, Eternal, Forever, Grandma, Great Grand, Great is the Lord, Jesus Christ, Joy of the Whole Earth, Life is short, Memories, Mom, Mount Zion, The Best Is Yet, The Lord, Wife
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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
Posted in Bible Verses
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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The Lord Is My Shepherd – What Can Make Me Afraid – My God Created the Universe – Yes – He Did – Smile – Child – He Has Given Us All Things – I Know It and Believe It –
The Lord is my Shepherd – I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul… Whenever my soul shudders at my thoughts, I suspect I’ve been listening to a lie. … Continue reading
Resting in Times of Trial
During times of trial – LORD – When help seems far away – When the roaring of the lion Frightens me – and I need a place to rest – You are here with me – You hear … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, Always here, Always with me, Be Still, Calm the Sea, Comfort, Comforting Words, Cry, Expectation, Faith, Far Away, Fright, Frighten, Frightens me, God, Help, Here, isaiah 43, Jesus, Lift me, Lift me out, Lion, Lord, Never Leave Me, night jesus, Out, Peace, Peace be still, Place to Rest, Presence of LORD, Presence of the Lord, Present, Purpose, Quiet, Quiet Expectation, Raging Sea, Rest, Rest in Me, Resting, Resting Place, Roaring, Roaring Lion, Running, Savior, Sea, Thank You Lord, Thankfulness, Thanks, Times of Trial, Wait, Waiting, Walk on Sea, Walk on Water, Water, Words of Comfort, You are here with me, You Hear Me, Your Presence
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Training – Will I Melt Down
Waiting on You – LORD – I so often fail – You are training me – LORD – Am I learning it now – Trouble comes – I see it Just before it lands – Fear not – Right- Fear … Continue reading
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Tagged Abednego, and Abednego, Collapse, Comfort, Containment, Daniel 3, Fail, Failure of Containment, Faithful LORD, Fear, Fear makes me pray, Fear Not, Forgive, Forgive my lapse, Forgiveness, Free, Furnace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus sets me free, Lapse, Learning, Lord, Melt Down, Meltdown, Meshach, Nuclear Event, Pray, Rescue, Rescues Me, Rest, Shadrach, Strengthen, Sustain, Test, Then the Test, Training, Trouble, Trouble Comes, Trouble with a capital T, Trust, Trust and Rest, Wait, Wait on the LORD, Waiting, Waiting on the LORD, Walks alongside, Will I Melt down, Will I rest, Will I Trust, You are training me
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No Matter How Rich or Poor We Are
LORD – You give us hope and comfort Trial and strength together sent Tears blend with blood and sweat But it’s not over yet Some new adventure awaits us Though it may not be much fun There’ll be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Blood, Comfort, Hope, Hope and Comfort, It's Not Over Yet, Joyful, Joyful End, Joyful Ending, New Adventure, Not fun, Poor, Rich, Rich or Poor, Strength, Sweat, Tears, Tears Blend with Blood and Sweat, Tests, The Best Is Yet, Trial, Trial and Strength Together, Trophies, Trophies or Tests, When All the Work is Done, Work Is Done, Worth of Life
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I Look Back – You Were There
I look back – You were there – I look forward – I expect You – LORD, my God – You will show Yourself mighty – You will be Present with me – You will never Leave me alone … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Always Praise God, Back, Be My God, Comfort, Comfort Me, Enough, Enough Food, Expect, Expectation, Forward, God, God is good, Goodness of God, Hungry, I Expect You, I Will Praise You, I Won't Be Hungry, I Won't Be Thirsty, If Trouble Comes, If Troubles Come, Invite Others, Invite Others to Eat, Jehovah Jireh, Look Back, Look Forward, Lord, Lord My God, Mighty, My God, My Provider, Never Alone, Never Leave Me, Never Leave Me Alone, Omnipresent, Praise, Praise God, Set a Table - Table, Set a Table For Me, Show Yourself Mighty, Stay, Stay with Me, Thank you, Thank You for Your Might, Thirsty, Trouble Comes, You Will Be My God, You Will Be Present With Me, You Will Never Leave Me. Never Leave, You Will Show Yourself
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Jewels Wrapped in Pain
Blessings sometimes come our way Wrapped in scarlet ribbon Tucked inside the pain Of somber circumstance Enveloping our jewels In grief – casting A forward step In the shadow Of death LORD – what should be our perspective – … Continue reading
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Homeless
Forced to live as a homeless person I cannot bear to imagine I try I cry Where in the dark would I be safe Where at night would I sleep Anywhere Nowhere How would I find a friend to trust … Continue reading
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Tagged Beg, Cold, Comfort, Comfortable, Food, Homeless, Homelessness, Hungry, Prayer, Sleep, Steal
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Father, in the Name of Jesus, I ask…
Father, in the name of Jesus your Son, I ask you to intervene in the lives of people, especially the homeless. Touch their hearts and minds and give them hope for a future. Show them your Son. Show them your … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort, Faith, Father, Food and Shelter, God, Heavenly Father, Homeless, Intercessory Prayer, Jesus, love, Name of Jesus, Needy, Poor, Power, Prayer, Suffering, Trust, Wealthy, Wisdom
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