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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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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
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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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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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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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This Trouble Too Shall Pass
The One that died for me And you – The Faithful One So true – I’m counting now On you – Jesus My heart is broke in two – Such pain You bore for us – You do Care – … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd Psalm, Bore for us, Broken Heart, Care, Clinging, Counting on You, Faithful One, Fear, Fear No Evil, God, Good Gifts, Grief, Heart is Broke, Heaven, Hope, I know you care, Jesus, Keeping me Safe, Knowing, Lead me, Lord, One that died, Pass, Psalm 23, Rest in Peace, Safe, Such Pain, Tear, The Hope, This too shall pass, This trouble too shall pass, Thou art with me, Through the Valley, Trouble, Trusting, Valley, Valley of the Shadow of Death, Wait, Will Come, You Are With Me
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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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LORD Show Mercy – Grant Grace
One bolt of lightning One crack of thunder Woke me from sleep I cracked the blinds To watch the show Your power unleashed Yet under control I spoke my prayer For mercy LORD For all of Earth’s Inhabitants – the … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Grace, Anger, Asleep, Awake, Bathe Helplessness, Break Chains, Cursed, Downcast Countenance, Forgive, Forgiveness, Grace, Grief, Hope, Lightning, LORD God, Mercy, Mistreated, Old, Prayer, Salvation, Savior, Storm, Strong, Thunder, Weak, Young
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to: THE WORLD with love from: GOD
Isaiah 53 – The Bible 1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: … Continue reading
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Tagged Afflicted, bruised, Chastisement, despised, Everlasting Life, Gospel, Grief, Iniquity of us all, Isaiah 53, John 3:16, Lord, rejected, Root out of dry ground, Sacrifice, Salvation, Sheep, Sheep Gone Astray, sorrows, Stripes, Tender Plant, Wounded for our Transgressions
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My God Is So Big, So Strong, and So Mighty
Alone in my grief I feel so alone Like the pelican In the wilderness The one in the Psalm Like the sparrow alone On the housetop An owl in the desert My hope has dried up Like so much cut … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Bird on Wire, Dance, Eagle, Esther, God, Grief, Hedge of Protection, High Tower, Miriam, Owl, Pelican, Protect, Protection, Psalm 102, Ruth, Sarah, Sing, Sparrow, Strong Tower, Triumph
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