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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 –
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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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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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We Visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom with My Family – Watching the Animals Graze Reminds Me that We May Rest in the Lord Knowing He Loves Us and Will Provide for Us –
We rode in a safari bus through a park that was prepared for animals from Africa. The entire day was filled with fun and many technological wonders like the 3 dimensional bug show that enabled bugs that weren’t really there … 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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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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The Gospel – Why – When We Heard and Believed It – Don’t We Rest in It All the Time – Are We Safe or Not – What Hinders Us – What Causes Distress – What Clouds Our Thinking –
The gospel as articulated in full by the Apostle Paul: the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ Jesus, the foundation of our faith, the message that birthed the church, the milk and the meat of our happy existence is the good … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Believe, Bright Future, Condemnation, Devil, Forgiven, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Justification, Lord Jesus, Redemption, Rest, Salvation, Savior, Subversive, Truth
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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
Cloudy Skies – But Sun Shines in My Heart –
Looking out my window Early in the morning – Cloudy skies look back – Greetings to you – Cloudy skies – Sun shines in my heart Never alone in sun Or cloud – Within My heart – Holy Spirit warms … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Clouds, Cloudy Skies, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Looking out my window, Lord Jesus, Peace, Psalm 23, Shepherd, Son of God, Sun, Sunshine, The Lord is my Shepherd, Worship
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Stuff Happens – You May Lose Your Way – Don’t Be Discouraged – Don’t Be Dismayed –
Stuff happens – You may lose your way – Don’t be discouraged – Don’t be dismayed – Jesus on his dying day – Had you on His mind – He said, Forgive them – Father – they don’t Know what they do – It … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Photos, Poetry
Tagged Blood of Jesus, Carried our sins, Christ Jesus, Discouraged, Dismayed, Don't be discouraged, Jesus, Jesus Lives, Jesus Reigns, Lord Jesus, Pain, Promises, Ransom paid, Righteousness, Sickness
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When You Tire – Rest in Me – Says the Lord –
If I could fly – I’d fly away – I’d escape the windy storm and tempest – Said the Psalmist – I say – I’ll close my eyes and see the sky – Blue and stretching – Open wide – Let’s fly … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blue Sky, Dove, Fly, If I could fly, Jesus, Lord, Lord Jesus, Psalm 55, Rest, Soaring High, Storms, Stormy Tempest, Tempest, Tire, Tired
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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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My Father Owns the Cattle on a Thousand Hills – I Said to Him – Oh – I Didn’t Know that – Was his Reply – My Heavenly Father Owns the World and Its Fullness – Why Should I Worry – Because of Jesus We Have Hope –
I’ve lived through a chapter of my life when provision was slim. Most of the time I felt safe in the arms of the Lord knowing that we would have enough. Sometimes I worried, but something always turned up to fill … Continue reading
In Light of Mark 11:23 – What Should We Speak – We Should Speak Blessings and not Curses – We Should Speak the Desires of our Hearts – What Are We Speaking – We Can Have What We Say – Death and Life Are in the Power of the Tongue – Proverbs 18:21 –
Mark 11:23 – 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
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
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
Posted in Bible Verses
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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How to Receive Healing – What Do I Need to Know – Jesus Loves Me – This I Must Know – God Wants to Heal Me – This I Must Believe – God Is Willing that Every Sick Person May Be Healed – God is Love – Believe It – Jesus Lives – Loves – and Heals –
Father in Heaven – Jesus His Son – and Holy Spirit – You are ONE God and YOU love us – all of us – You love those who are Your children by faith – You love each one of Your … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Believe, Carol Ann Hoel, Divine Healing, Father in Heaven, Forgave sin, God Wants Everyone Well, Healing, How to Receive Healing, JEHOVAH Raffa, Jesus, Jesus healed the sick, Jesus loved the multitudes, Know that Jesus Loves You, Lord Jesus, Son of God
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What Was the Attitude of Jesus – Jesus Was Moved with Compassion – He Instructed His Disciples this Way – Heal the Sick – Cleanse the Lepers – Raise the Dead – Cast Out Devils – Freely Ye Have Received – Freely Give –
How fiercely you cared for us – LORD Jesus – Your compassion drove You to the cruel cross – Your love allowed the nails to hold You there – Your death and resurrection set us free – By Your wounds … Continue reading
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
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
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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Only YOU – LORD – Only YOU Are Faithful and True – Only You Are Almighty and Able – You Excite Me – LORD –
There is no one faithful like You – Lord – No one but You keeps every promise given – No one but You can make a promise and keep it – Only You – Jesus – LORD of Lords – … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Analysis, Bible Verses, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Able, Almighty God, Bible Promises, Carol Ann Hoel, Faithful God, Jesus, John 15:7, Keep Promises, Lord Jesus, Mark 11:23-24, Only You LORD, Promise, Promises, Savior, You are able
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We Are Favored by The LORD – God Loves YOU – Believe and Receive His Blessings –
Isaiah 61:1-3 – The Bible – (NIV) – The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for … Continue reading
A New Song – Psalm 40:1-3 – Praise to Our God –
Psalm 40:1-3 – The Bible – (KJV) – I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Bible Verse, Christian, God Hears Prayer, God is good, horrible pit, Jesus, Lord Jesus, New Song, Praise, Praise in Song, Praise to God, Psalm 40, Song, Wait Patiently, Waiting
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