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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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Tag Archives: Darkness
Darkness Fell around Us as We Struggled with This Unwelcome Issue – We Were LOCKED OUT of Our Coach – All Keys Were Inside – We Were Outside – ALAS –
North Carolina: As Steve’s family exited our coach, we followed behind them. I shut the door as we filed out. We waved goodbye as they drove away. Attempting to reenter our motorhome, we discovered the door was locked. It shouldn’t have been … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged AAA, campers, Darkness, Keys, Keys locked inside, Locked Out, Locksmith, Mission Accomplished, Motorhome, Neighbor, Office Closed, Park Manager, RV, RVers, Support Group
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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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Sleep – Child – You Are Safe – Dawn Will Come –
Night sky – so still – so far away – Moon – suspended high above – Darkness stretching over all – Moon speaks tenderly – Tenderly to me – Morning isn’t Far away – Sleep on – Daylight Dawns – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Darkness, Dawn, Daylight, His Child, In Christ, Light, Moon, Morning, Night Sky, Psalm 91, Rest, Safe, Shadow of the Almighty, Sleep
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The Mountains May Crumble
When the floor falls out beneath – And the roof caves in – that’s When your heart skips a beat – When faith fails – when darkness Veils your path – when tears Drown you in your sleep – When … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged All alone, Alone, calamity, catastrophe, Cling, Clinging, Clinging to Lord, Danger, Darkness, drown, Evil, faith fails, Fear, Feel alone, Feel His embrace, floor, Floor falls, God's Voice, Grief, Hear, His Voice, Jesus, Jesus Never Fails, Jesus never leaves, Jesus with us always, Loneliness, Lonely, Never Alone, Never fails, Never Leaves, Never Lets You Down, Pain, Path, Promises, roof, Roof caves, Sadness, Sleep, sleepless, Still Small Voice, Tears, tears drown, Trouble, Trouble Comes, turbulence, veil, veils, Warm Embrace, When, Word of God
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The Darling of Heaven
Born into our world To fulfill the Father’s plan – Son of God – body And spirit of man Willing – You came To suffer and die Smeared with our sin – Cursed by our lies Never a man suffered … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Angels begged, Believe, Blood, blood shed, Body of man, Born, Crushed, Cursed, Cursed by our lies, Darkness, Darling, Darling of Heaven, dead, Debt, Defending the bride, Detested, Devil, Father's Plan, Father's side, Foot of the Cross, Good Shepherd, hated, Healer, Hearts bursting, Heaven, His blood shed, It Is Finished, Jesus, Jesus arose, Jesus Meek and Mild, John wept, Loving and Kind, maligned, Mary, Meek, Meek and Mild, Mild, Mother Mary, Not Dead, Obedience, Pain, Pay the debt we owed, Rebellion crushed, Shame, Shroud, Sin, Smeared with our sin, Son of God, Spirit of man, Suffer and die, Trembling, Triumph, Triumphed, Trophies, Victory, Wed
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You Are Mine
Jesus – You make me brave When I’d be afraid – You light up the darkness – You turn night into day – You cause a blithe spirit To rise up inside me – What have I to fear – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Afraid, Blithe Spirit, Brave, Darkness, Day, Faithful, Jesus, Light, Light up the darkness, Mighty, Mine, Night, Night into Day, You are Fiercer, You are Greater, You Are Mine
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