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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 –
- Books Books – I Read – I Read – And I Wrote the Novel – Buddy for David – Key Words – Crime – Family – Hope – Despair – Adventure – Boy – Dog – Ex Convicts – Love – Courage – Victory – Rich in Action Scenes and Dialogue – Movie to Be –
- 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 –
- Blue Sky – Blue Sky – Morning Is My Favorite Time of Day –
- 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 –
- Moving toward Our Next Destination – Driving a Comfortable Distance – Following Our Plan – Reaching Parks We Booked Months Earlier – Three Days to Rest – Three Days that Fly By –
- Everyday Life for People that Live in an RV – What Could Be Better than to Wake Up in the Morning to New Surroundings yet Being in Your Own Home – It’s the Little Things in Life that Make it Okay –
- 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 –
- Where Have We Been – Up to Flagstaff Arizona – Albuquerque and Santa Rosa New Mexico – Amarillo Texas – Oklahoma City – West Memphis Arkansas – Nashville Tennessee – Virginia – Pennsylvania – Long Island New York – Ohio now – Heading for Michigan in a Few Days – South to Florida, West through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Mexico – Back to AZ –
- 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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More on Healing – What Now – I Am Recovering from a Virus – Like Most People – This Is Not the First Cold I’ve Had in My Lifetime –
I keep a healing journal of all the diseases and/or health conditions I’ve been healed of in my lifetime, except for viruses. They remain undocumented. When reviewing that document, I think I must have been a very sickly person, but … Continue reading
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Tagged books on healing, Cold, God, Healing, health, Immune System, Jesus, Journal, Kenneth Hagin, Lord Jesus, Prayer, Savior, T. L. Osburn, virus
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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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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
Posted in Bible Verses
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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Migraine Headaches – Monster Migraine Headaches – NO MORE – By His Stripes We Are Healed – Praise to Jesus Who Accomplished our Complete Redemption on the Cross of Calvary – Including Healing – If We Ask Believing We Will Receive – We Will Have What We Ask –
If you have ever had a migraine headache, you know how awful they are. These are not the average headache. I’ve heard of people having episodes that last for days at a time. I began experiencing these awful headaches in … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Healing, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Believe, Excedrin PM, God, Headache, Healing, Light Intolerable, Lord Jesus, Migraine, Migraine Headache, No More Migraine Headaches, Pain, Prayer, Redemption, Sleep, Vertigo
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Mid-October Sunrise in Arizona – Blessings to All – Sunrise – Sunset – Sunrise – Sunset – The Lord God Is Faithful –
Just a hint of dark cloud surrounded by light and beauty. Look at the expanse of sky and the size of trouble. Our God is always bigger than our troubles. We are blessed.
Posted in Memoir, Photos, Thought
Tagged Beauty, blessing, Clouds, Faithful God, God, God Almighty, Hope, Light, LORD God, Sunrise, Trouble, Troubles Small
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Telephone Booth – Once a Common Sight – A Useful Tool When on the Road – Where Are They Now – I Haven’t Seen a Phone Booth in a Long Time – The World Is Always Changing – But Jesus Is the Same – Yesterday – Today – and Forever –
Hebrews 13:8 – The Bible (KJV) – Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever. Living on our revolving earth where circumstances, patterns, and lifestyles change constantly, we may lose our balance. Knowing that our Lord never changes is more … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged all powerful, All-Knowing, Balance, Change, Circumstances, Doubt, God, God is Love, Jesus Christ, Jesus does not change, Lifestyles, Lord, Lose Balance, Nothing impossible to God, Patterns
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Jesus Said – Come unto Me – All Ye that Labor and Are Heavy Laden – and I Will Give You Rest –
Resting in the Lord is the blessed state of those that trust Him. Just as this kitten sleeps without fear, we can relax knowing that Jesus has finished the work of redemption, defeated all our enemies, and is watching over us … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Blessed, Closer than a Whisper, Finished work, God, God is Mighty, God is Near, Jesus, Power, Redemption, Relax, Rest, Supreme, Trust, Trust Jesus, Whisper
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Jesus Said – Come unto Me, All You that Labor and Are Heavy Laden – and I Will Give You Rest –
Matthew 11:28-30 – The Bible (KJV) – Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in … Continue reading
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Tagged Burden is light, Christian, Come, God, Heavy Burden, Heavy Laden, I will give you rest, Jesus, labor, Lord Jesus, Meek and Lowly, Rest, Savior, Soul Rest, Yoke is Easy
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Good Morning, Great Big Beautiful Word! God Loves You All and Wants to Bless You –
John 3:16 – The Bible (KJV) – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 16:33 – The Bible (KJV) – These things I … Continue reading
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Tagged God, God loves People, God's Love, Jesus, Jesus loves us, Jesus overcomes the world, John 16:33, John 3:16, love, Ordered System, Tribulation, World
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Waiting – Waiting – Waiting – Who Ever Wants to Wait – Must We Learn to Wait – If So – I Know How We Learn – God Is Our Teacher – He Makes Us Wait – AND – He Rewards Us for Waiting –
I have never liked waiting. As a child I hated waiting in line at school, waiting for my birthday or Christmas to come, and waiting to grow up and get married. After I got married, I hated waiting for my … Continue reading
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
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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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Why Do I Love You – LORD – Why –
Contemplating – I see why I love You – While Your Power and Glory enchant me – Your Wisdom teaches me – Your Patience carries me – But goodness – Yes – Your Goodness captures me – You love me … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, God is good, Poetry
Tagged Blessed Union, Carol Ann Hoel, charm, God, God is good, Heal me, Healing, Jesus, Lead me, love, Poem, Safety, Savior, Slain for me, The Cross
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Are You Feeling Alone in the World – Small – Powerless –
We are never alone, even when we feel that way. God is with us. He always knows where we are and how we feel. Jesus is our Savior. Saving us is what He did at Calvary, and loving us is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Carol Ann Hoel, Feeling, Feeling Alone, God, Loneliness, Lord Jesus, love, Powerless, Psalm 23, Shepherd, Sorrow, Temporary, The Lord is my Shepherd, Trouble
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The Goodness of God – How Great Is Thy Goodness to Them that Trust In You – You Will Hide them in the Secret of Your Presence from the Pride of Man –
Psalm 31: 19-20 – The Bible (KJV) – Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Photos
Tagged Arizona Park, Beauty of Creation, Blessings, Carol Ann Hoel, Father God, God, God is good, Goodness of God, Jesus, photos, Presence of God, Pride of Man, Savior, The Bible, Trust God
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Wait for God – The Rock of Our Salvation – He Is Our Defense – The Rock of Our Strength – Our Refuge Is in God –
Psalms 62:5-7 – The Bible (KJV) – My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and … Continue reading
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Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Expectation, God, Hope, Hope in God, Jesus, My Defense, My Rock, My Salvation, Psalms, Psalms 62, Psalms 62:5-7, Rock of my Salvation, Rock of my Strength, The Rock, Wait on God
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Good Morning from Arizona – Tall Palms and Blue Skies –
Tall Palm Trees against calming blue skies – a common sight in Arizona. Who but God could create such beauty?
Posted in Photos, Thought
Tagged Arizona, Beauty, Blue Skies, Calming Blue, Carol Ann Hoel, Created Beauty, Creator God, God, Good Morning, Morning Sky, Nature, Palm Trees, photo, Tall Palm Trees
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LORD – Your Grace Is Sufficient –
LORD – Your grace is sufficient – We see it in every flower that grows – We live in it – We are grateful for it – Thank You, LORD, for loving us –
Posted in Photos, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Christian, Flower, God, Grace, Grace of God, Grace sufficient. Your Grace is Sufficient, grateful, Gratitude, Jesus, Landscape, Lord, love, Thank you
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