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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 –
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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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- 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 –
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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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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 –
Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Morning, Photo
Tagged Ashes, Beauty, Black Clouds, Brokenhearted, Carol Ann Hoel, Gloom, Grace and Truth, Jesus, Light, Lord, Mercy, Storm Clouds, Sunrise, Troubles
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Growing – Learning – Believing – Confidence – Resting – Our Inheritance in Christ –
Living a better way now – taming the thoughts I think – You ask – Why make a change – why not think the same – Learning things I should have known raised my Expectations in this life from good … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Poetry
Tagged Believing, Calvary, Change, Confidence, Expectations, Gospel, Grace, Growing, Healing, Jesus, Learning, Plain talk, Power over spirits, Strength to use authority, Taming thoughts
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Louisiana Is GREEN – And WET – This Is a Bayou – Subject of Many Louisiana Songs – I Love All the Green Everywhere –
I love all the green, but not so much the high humidity. Inside the coach the air condition units keep us cool. I was critical of the extreme heat in Arizona. Perhaps I didn’t appreciate the low humidity enough. Never … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Photo
Tagged Arizona heat, Bad Hair Day, Bayou, Beauty everywhere, Green, Jesus, Louisiana, Marsh, New Orleans, Planet Earth, rain, RV, Swamp, Travel, Wet
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God Bless America – Land of the Brave – Land of Many People – We Have Our Problems – But We Are Blessed – And Will Be Blessed – God Loves Us and the Entire Population of Earth –
How can I say with assurance that God loves us in America and all the populations of the Earth? The Gospel, the good news to all peoples, proves that God loves us. He gave us His Son, Jesus, who offered … Continue reading
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
Posted in Healing, Memoir
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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Broke My Wrist – Wrist Has Healed – Good Doctors and Physical Therapist Did Good Work – God Blessed – My Wrist Is Back in Service –
I heard the bone break. I refused to believe it for about 24 hours. After all, I could move it a little without pain, so I thought it must not be broken, even though the swelling, bruising, and hand drooping … Continue reading
Posted in Healing, Memoir
Tagged blessing, broken wrist, Calvary, Cast, Doctors, Healed, Healed Wrist, Healing Process, Jesus, No Pain, Physical Therapist, Praise
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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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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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God Loves Us – Did You Know – What Good Is Being Loved unless We Know – We Have Been Redeemed – Hear and Believe –
Psalm 107:8 – The Bible (KJV) – Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! I heard a story once (not a Bible story). I’ll try to tell it … Continue reading
Friend of the Friendless – Jesus – Jesus – Jesus –
Jesus – Jesus – Jesus – Friend of the friendless – Calmer of the storm – Keeper of the Covenant – I rest in You – Blue on blue – Sky on water – Me and You – Peace like … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blue on Blue, Calm Storm, Cleanses my soul, Covenant, Doubt, Fear, Friend of Friendless, Jesus, love, Me and You, Peace, rain, Rest, Sky, Water
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Will the Real Gospel Please Stand Up – What Is It – Is it the Basics – The Introduction – Neither One – Jesus Is the Gospel – The Gospel Is Good News – Really GOOD News –
If one were randomly to ask people in this country, the United States of America, the question, What is the gospel, very few would say they had never heard of it. Some would say they weren’t sure but it had … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses
Tagged Christianity, Church, Cross of Christ, Crucifixion, Good News, health, It Is Finished, Jesus, Poverty, Prosperity, Redemption, Resurrection, Salvation, Sickness, The Gospel
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Roses in Water – Lovely They Appear – After Picked and Packed – Handled and Set Aside without Water – Gifted and Carried in the Arizona Sun – Yet They Beautify – They Remind Me that God is Good –
Three couples, including Steve and me, dined at the Hilton for Mother’s Day. (This is not a Mother’s Day post, but these were Mother’s Day roses.) One rose was presented to each woman as she entered the door. There were many … Continue reading
What Do We Say to the Voices of Discouragement and Despair We Hear Everyday – God Has Given Us the Spirit of Power – Love – and Sound Mind – Come to Jesus and Rest –
There’s a place prepared for us – Jesus said – We should not be troubled nor afraid – How quickly we leave our lofty realm of trust – How we drop from faith to fear in a moment – We hear … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Another Voice, Deceitful words, Discern Spirits, Fear, Jesus, Lies, love, Never Leave, Peace, Place Prepared, Power, Sound Mind, Troubles, Trust, Voice
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There Is None Like You – Lord – Oh – I Said that Before – I’ll Say It Again – Lord – There Is None Like You –
I was a child when You first revealed Yourself – Lord – Young and helpless – alone – Unseen but always with me – As I grew – always You Were watching Over me – More aware of You I became – … Continue reading
Lord – There is None Like You – Not One –
Lord – You excite me – You fill my heart with wonder – All the blessings I expect from You You exceed – Lord – You humble me – You stop pride in its tracks – How do You do it – … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Carol Ann Hoel, Excite me, Humble, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Leading Me, Lord, Loving unreservedly, None Like You LORD, Pride, Show Me, The Lord, Wonder, You exceed
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Immersed in Your love –
Immersed in Your love for me – I sense Your love for all – I yearn to understand – You – Abba – Father – Lord – My God – I search the fields for clues – The longer I seek – more pieces … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Abba, Father, Jesus, Leaped into the fray, love, Love of God, Majesty, My God, Puzzle, Savior, Teach me, Three in One, Trinity, Why You Cared, You LORD
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Why Did Jesus Come to Earth – Jesus said to Zaccheus – the Son of Man Is Come to Seek and to Save that which was Lost – Jesus Came to Deliver Us From Evil – And He Came to Reveal His Father to Us and to Glorify Him –
Luke 19:10 – The Bible (KJV) – For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. John 3:16-17 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Deliver from Evil, Gave Himself for our sins, Glorify the Father, Glorify the Son, God the Father, I and the Father are one, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Redemption, Reveal the Father, Salvation, Seek and Save, Son of God, Son of Man
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What Do We Know About Our Father In Heaven – Jesus Said – He that Hath Seen Me Hath Seen the Father – Jesus Also Said – I and My Father Are One – Our Heavenly Father Is Like Jesus Our Savior –
John 14:6-11 – The Bible (KJV) – Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: … Continue reading