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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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- 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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Tag Archives: Death
Life after Death – Can It Be – Come – Let Us Reason Together – He that Believes on the Son Has Everlasting Life –
1 Corinthians 15:35-42 – The Bible (KJV) – But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, … Continue reading
Psalm 23 – The LORD is my Shepherd…I Will Dwell in the House of the LORD Forever…
PSALM 23 – The Bible – KJV – The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me … Continue reading
God Has Given Us the Spirit of Power – Love – and a Sound Mind – Let Us Speak Words of Life –
By the word of the Lord were the Heavens made and all the host Of them by the breath of his mouth – And God said, Let there be Light – and there was light – God hath not given us … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blessings, Choose Life, Death, Delay, Empower or Prohibit, Encourage, Impede, Life, Power, Sound Mind, Speak life, Speak truth, Spirit of Love, Spoken Word, Words
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Scorpion Visit – Not the First Occurrence – But the First to Frighten Me – I Know – I’m a Sissy – Steve Killed it for Me – He Is So Sweet –
This is my third confrontation with a scorpion. My first scorpion sighting was the one in the photo you see. I suggested that it may have been under the influence of pest control, because it didn’t move. Steve explained that it … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Death, Flush, Flushed Scorpion, Fly Swatter, Fright, Killed Scorpion, Pest Control, Scorpion, Scream, Toilet, What All Women Do
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The Lord is Gracious and Righteous – Our God Is Full of Compassion –
Psalm 116 – The Bible – (NIV) I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged call on the name of the Lord, Compassion, Death, Distress, God, Goodness, Goodness of God, Grace, gracious, Grave, Lord, Our God, Praise, Psalm 116, Salvation
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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
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
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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LORD – I Have YOU to Rescue Me
Grieving is my season – yes – or no – It’s true my comfort zone has been shattered – I’ve been robbed by death of the man I loved – He was robbed of his health – not by God … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged 1 corinthians 15, bible kjv, Christianity, Comfort Zone, Death, footing, Gave His life, God, Grace, Grave, Graves, Graveyards, Grieve, Grieving, health, Jesus, Lord, Lord Jesus, lost footing, Man I loved, No more graveyards, No more tears, Peter, Rescue, Rescue me, Rest, Resting in Jesus, Robbed, Robbed of health, Savior, Season, Seasons, Space, Stop, Stop grieving, Storm, Tears, Trample Death, Walk on Water, Walked on Water, Widow, Widows
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Death of Husband Twice
Johannes and I were together 16 years of a blessed marriage. I was his 24-hour caregiver for the last five years, but last year, after his massive stroke, with his Alzheimer’s disease escalating, Johannes was completely confined to his hospital … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses, Memoir
Tagged Care, Caregiver, Death, God, Grief, Grieving, hospice nurse, Husband, Jesus, Loss, Loss of Mate, Loss of Spouse, massive stroke, Mourning, Passing, Provision, Sorrow
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Thank You All for Prayers for My Husband and Me
There was a knock at my door a few moments ago. The deliveryman for the hospice pharmacy brought medication for my husband. He asked me how my husband was doing. I told him he was much better than a few … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Memoir
Tagged Abundant life, Alzheimer's, aspiration, aspiration pneumonia, beginning of the end, breath, choke, choking, Comfortable, Death, Deliveryman, desperation, Fate, fighting for breath, health, Heaven, hospice, laugh lines, medication, obstructed airway, pharmacy, pneumonia, Praises, praises to the Lord, Prayer, Smile, starvation, succumb, Swallow, Swallow food, well being, wit
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Why Should Anxiety Defeat Me
Troubles come suddenly but LORD – You know it first – You delivered me From death – Deliver me From falling Because I Trust You Why should I fail You – LORD – Why should anxiety defeat me – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Adversary, Anxiety, Death, Defeat, Delivered, Delivered from Death, Fail, Failure, Falling, Lord, Praise God, Praise Lord, Slip, Spirit Praises, Troubles, Trust
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Father Bless Your People
Father bless your people Hold us in your arms and Cuddle us with your love Teach us how to live the life Walk with us through the valley Of the shadow of death LORD You conquered death – our last … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bless your People, blessing, Bridge over muddy water, Cuddle, Death, Father, Last Enemy, Live the Life, Teach, Valley of the Shadow of Death, Walk
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Faithful and True
Faithful and True There’s none like You You alone gave us Your life to save us You shed your blood The crimson flood God’s beloved Son Loyal One Faithful and True There’s none like You Who alone feeds us You … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Abundant, Autumn, Crashing Thunder, Crimson flood, Death, Death Obeys You, Face of God, Faithful and True, Fall, Famine, Flashing light, God's beloved Son, God's Whisper, Grace, lightening, Love Unmoved, Loyal One, Nectar for Bees, None like You, Pestilence, Rain for Trees, Seek His Face, Shed blood, Spring, Storm at night, Strong voice, Summer, Sustaining Grace, Thunder, Winter
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Forgiven
Man of sorrow carries woes Sent by the Father To save us all All that trust in Him Shall live Sins forgiven Son of God gave Himself To savage death Once for all All that trust in His name Shall … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Born Again, Cross, Crucifixion, Death, Forgiven, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Justified, Made Righteous, Redeemed, Salvation, Sanctified, Saved, Savior, Trust
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Come Away
Who is God if not you LORD Who but you promises life And gives it Who creates a spinning universe So vast that no one can take it in – And rules it Who harnesses the thunder Tears great kingdoms … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Come Away, Creator, Death, Famous One, God, Life, Lord, Power, Thunder, Universe, Voice of the LORD, Who is like God
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Who Is Like You
In my blackest night If there be no light If wrong seems right Dreams blur my sight Will you be there I will guide you with my eye If hope’s glow goes dim If I forget where I’ve been And … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Black Night, Blackest Night, Death, Dreams, Eye, Guidance, Hope, Lord, Praise
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Fear Naught
I felt no worth Until I knew You died for me I felt unloved Until I knew Unfailing love I feared for lack Until I saw You care for me I felt alone Until I knew You bide in me … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Afraid, Almighty God, Alone, Conquer, Crucifixion, Death, Fear, Fear Not, Heir, Holy Spirit, Inheritance, Lack, Life, Poverty, Power of God, Providence, Provision, Unfailing Love, Worth
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Blunder of the Ages meant for evil but God meant for good
Watching the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine, I am reminded how blessed we have been to escape the brunt of so many bad storms. In fact, most of us see these storms only on TV. Yet, we identify with and … Continue reading
Posted in Thought, Uncategorized
Tagged Crucifixion, Death, Earthquake, Evil, Free, God, Good, hurricane, Jesus, Justice, Life, Salvation, Storms, Tornado, Tsunami
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