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Tag Archives: Faith
Booking RV Parks – Eight Day Project – Job Complete – 37 RV Parks – 6,588 Miles Driving in Our MotorHome – Everywhere We Park Is Home – Until We Move On –
This is my office space within the living room area of our coach. This is where I spent the better part of eight days finding and booking 37 RV parks for our year 2017 6,588 mile tour of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged 2017 Tour, Bookings, Buddy for David, Calendars, Carol Ann Hoel, Faith, Internet, Jetpack, Map, Mathematics, Motorhome, Novel, Reservations, RV parks, Suspense
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Perspective
Stretching ourselves again – Lord – Leaving our comfort zone …. How I’ve settled here – Loving sameness – Loving stillness – Sometimes seeing the day we leave Our campsite as the day We launch our home on wheels … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Photos, Poetry
Tagged Author, Buddy for David, Carol Ann Hoel, Comfort Zone, Faith, Horizon, Lord Jesus, Motorhome, No fear, Novel, Perspective, Point of View, RV, Suspense, Unknown
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Winter Months Fly by – Remembering 2016 Tour – Fun – Family – Road Trips – Bugs on Windshield – Yes – Bugs On – Bugs Off –
This photo reminds me of a less glamorous part of our road trips, bugs on the windshield. It doesn’t always happen, but when it does, it’s a surprise. Without warning a swarm of insects slams the windshield. SPLAT! Although blinded for a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Book Author, bug guts, bugs on windshield, Carol Ann Hoel, Coach, Faith, insect swarm, insects, Las Cruces, Motorhome, New Mexico, Novel, Road Trip, RV, Suspense
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Baked Ziti Cooked on the Grill – Would It Be Called Grilled Ziti – Don’t Think So – We Loved It!
We are wintering in Arizona this year. Now that traveling is not the main thing, I am cooking again, but we do not have a conventional oven, at least not yet. Steve was craving baked ziti. He really wanted lasagna, but I … Continue reading
What Genre Do You Read – I Like Suspense – I Read Suspense – I Write Suspense – Buddy for David – Suspense –
Novel: Buddy for David – Having a child go missing would be any parent’s worst nightmare. Yet, this is what happened to the Anderod family on a clear day in July, 1994. Their eight-year-old son David disappeared. The same day … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books, Buddy for David
Tagged Author, Buddy for David, Carol Ann Hoel, Faith, Hope, kidnapping, Mystery, Novel, parents, Pyrenees, Rachel, Reading, Suspense, Young Adult, Young David
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I Knew – I Knew – I Know –
When uncertainties like monsters Loom in the shadows – When chaos roars – I hear Your Love song – Grace – Grace – Grace – And my heart sings back to You – I knew You would not fail – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Chaos, Christian, Faith, Faithful, Faithfulness, God is Love, Goodness, Jesus, Jesus is Lord, Lord Jesus, love, Terrorism, Terrorist attack, Uncertainties
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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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According to Your Faith Be It unto You – Be Not Afraid, Only Believe – This Is the Work of God – that Ye Believe on Him Whom He Hath Sent – Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and Thou Shalt Be Saved – and Thy House – What a Mighty God We Serve –
Matthew 9:28-29 – The Bible (KJV) – And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, … Continue reading
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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Things We See Are Temporal – Things Not Seen Are Eternal – What Things Cannot Be Seen – Love – Faith – Kindness – Hope and Truth – Mercy – Faith – Wind – Virtue – Character and Goodness – Health – Prayer – Life –
2 Corinthians 4:18 – The Bible (KJV) – While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Eternal, Faith, God's Word, Hope, Invisible, Kindness, Life, love, Temporal, Termporary, Things Seen, Things unseen, Truth, Wind, Words
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All the Promises of God Are True
All the promises of God are true – He watches over His Word to perform it – If you believe Jesus is your Savior He is – and – He is your God – You know it – You … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Confidence, Defeated Enemy, Doubt, Faith, Fallen from Grace, Falling Short, Grace, Jesus, No Condemnation, Open door, Our Adversary, Promises of God, Savior, The devil, Your Adversary
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Jesus – on the Cross – Was Wounded for Our Tansgressions, He was Bruised for Our Iniquities – the Chastisement of Our Peace Was upon Him – and with His Stripes We Are Healed – Isaiah 53:5 – Healing Is the Children’s Bread – Mark 7:25-29 –
Matthew 8:16-17 – The Bible (KJV) – When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled … Continue reading
A Different Kind of Curtain Call – God Pulled Back the Curtain and I Saw What I Didn’t See Before – I Had Received What I said According to Mark 11:23-24 – Even When I Was Unaware of the Awesomeness of It – We Can Have What We Say Believing – Because of Jesus’ Redemptive Work on the Cross –
At the conclusion of a performance an audience showing extreme enthusiasm for the presentation may inspire a curtain call. The curtain opens again, exposing the leading actor, player, or artist, allowing spectators to offer yet another round of applause. I’ve been studying healing in the Bible, and during these months, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Curtain Calls, Healing, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Believe, Bible Promises, Biblical Healing, Curtain call, Divine Healing, Faith, God Hears Payer of Faith, Hallucination, Healing in the Bible, Mark 11:23-24, Prayer, Remembrance, Revelation, Say what you want, Witness
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And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover – Awesome – Is This Not True Anymore –
We can trust the Bible to be true. Know the truth and the truth will make you free. Free of what? Sickness, confusion, fear, any spiritual or physical evil. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged beginning church, Cessation of gifts, Charity, Doubt, Early church, Faith, Gifts, God's Word, Healing, love, miracles, signs and wonders, speaking in tongues, The Bible, Truth
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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
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Books, Thought
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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Trip to the Surgeon to Learn about Hip Replacement – Enlightening – Interesting – Scary to Me – What Isn’t Scary to Me – Steve Is Expecting to Get Back to Normal Soon – What Does He Call Normal – Back to the Golf Course –
I am encouraged after our trip to the doctor to talk about the ensuing hip replacement, which isn’t far off. The appointed day is Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Steve expects this operation to enable him to get back to normal. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Back to Normal, Believers, Christians, Emergency Room, Faith, God, Golfing, Heal the Sick, Healing, Hip Replacement, Jesus, Normal, Paramedic, What Men are Like, Wild and Wooly
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We Can Have What We Say – Believe without Doubting – Jesus Said So…I Tested It and It Is TRUE!
Mark 11:23-24 – The Bible – (KJV) – For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Memoir
Tagged Believe, Book, Buddy for David, Chronic Colitis, Faith, Have What We Say, Healing, Husband, IBS, Move Mountain, Not Doubting, Provision, Publisher, Salvation, Wheat Belly
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Blessed Be the Lord who Daily Loads us with Benefits
Psalm 68:4-6, 19 – The Bible (KJV) – Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, … Continue reading
Buddy for David – Danger and Destiny – Faith and Hope
The time has come, and Buddy for David is on its way to print. As the creator of the characters in this story, I cannot wait to see them come to life on the printed page. Two main characters are an … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Book Review, Buddy for David, Novel
Tagged Buddy for David, Carol Ann Hoel, Christian, Danger, Faith, Great White Pyrenees, Hope, human trafficking, Mystery, Novel, Rescue, Tragedy, Triumph, Unforgettable, Young Adult
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