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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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Tag Archives: Pray
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
Contemplation – Meditation – A Place of Quiet Prayer –
This simple landscaped plot of ground not far from our home is my favorite place to relax after or before a walk. Sometimes I stop there to read or meditate and do not take a walk at all. I love … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Morning, Morning Walk, Thought
Tagged Carol Ann Hoel, Contemplation, Give it to Jesus, Landscaped Plot of Land, Meditation, Mind, Nagging Issue, Place of Prayer, Pray, Prayer, Quiet Place, Relax, Relaxation, Rest, Worship
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AUTHOR LACKS aBilitY to HAWK her bOOk!
YES. That would be me. No, that would be I. I would be the one, I mean, the author standing on the sidelines not knowing what to do next. She is me. No I am she. Well, she knows what … Continue reading
Posted in Buddy for David, Humor
Tagged Advertise, Author, Blessings, Book, Buddy for David, Pray, website
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Unearned, Undeserved, Unmerited FAVOR
How obvious it is to me – LORD – Your Unearned – undeserved – unmerited Favor covers me like feathers – Enriches me and Blesses me like Rain Falling Steadily Scourged – mocked – crucified – JESUS – You – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
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Two Lives Entwined
Two lives entwined – The younger And the elder – Forever friends – For one believed For the life Of the other – The elder for The younger – Forever two lives Entwined by Love – Defined By necessity of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged by love, Defined, defined by necessity, Eagle, elder, Faith, favorite dish, Forever, Friends, friends forever, Fun, God, Hope, Hope in the Lord, isaiah 40 31, Jesus, kidneys, last conversation, Laughter, Life, life of the other, Lord, love, necessity, One believed, Other, Pray, prayed, Prayer, Savior, soar, soars, Spirit, spirit soars, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day dinner, the elder, the younger, toxicity, turkey, two, Two Lives, Two lives entwined, virus, walking with Jesus, wings like eagles, younger
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All Is Right – Almighty LORD GOD
Sitting by his bedside – watching His labored breaths – my husband – Beloved – enduring battered life – Sleep his only respite – temporary – Waking alone at night – struggling – Pulling – lifting – reaching up With … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged 2 corinthians 5, Abundant life, All his might, All Is Right, All my might, Almighty, Alzheimer's, Batteredlife, Bedside, Beloved, bible kjv, Breathe, By his stripes healed, Cheeks, Come, Come up here, Enduring, Faith, Fight, God, Groaning, Heal, Healed, Healing, Hear me, heart breaks, Husband, I trust You, In Christ, Labored breaths, Lifting, Lord, LORD God, My Husband, new covenant, Pray, Prayer, precious husband, Pulling, reaching up, Respite, Right, Righteousness of God, Sleep, Sleep only Respite, Speak, Stripes healed, Struggling, Swallow, Swallow food, Tears, Tears roll down cheeks, Trust, Waking alone, Watching
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Training – Will I Melt Down
Waiting on You – LORD – I so often fail – You are training me – LORD – Am I learning it now – Trouble comes – I see it Just before it lands – Fear not – Right- Fear … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Abednego, and Abednego, Collapse, Comfort, Containment, Daniel 3, Fail, Failure of Containment, Faithful LORD, Fear, Fear makes me pray, Fear Not, Forgive, Forgive my lapse, Forgiveness, Free, Furnace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus sets me free, Lapse, Learning, Lord, Melt Down, Meltdown, Meshach, Nuclear Event, Pray, Rescue, Rescues Me, Rest, Shadrach, Strengthen, Sustain, Test, Then the Test, Training, Trouble, Trouble Comes, Trouble with a capital T, Trust, Trust and Rest, Wait, Wait on the LORD, Waiting, Waiting on the LORD, Walks alongside, Will I Melt down, Will I rest, Will I Trust, You are training me
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I Don’t Know What Lies Ahead
Father – thank You for Jesus – Thank You for unfailing love – For the truth You’ve shown me – And mysteries I don’t understand – Father – thank You for my husband – In the name of Jesus – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Amen, Asking, Asking for More Time, Body and Mind, Don't Know, Every Hour, Father, Father Thank You, friend, Grow in Grace, Heal, Healing, Hold Your Hand, Husband, I don't Know What Lies Ahead, I Don't Understand, Knowledge, May We Praise You, More Time, My LORD, Mysteries, Name of Jesus, Newest Issue, No Matter What, Peace, Peace in his Heart, Praise God, Praise Jesus, Praising, Praising God, Praising You, Praising You LORD, Pray, Prayer, Prayers, Privilege of Prayer, Promises, Promises of God, Resting in Your Promises, Strength, Strengthen, Strengthen His Body, Sweet Gift, Thank you, Together, Trust God, Trust You, Truth, Unfailing Love, Walking Hand in Hand, What Lies Ahead, Worry Less, You Care
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Keep Them Safe and Stay with Me
Weary at the end of day Thoughts slow down And shoulders ache Let down my hair Fluff my pillow Close my eyes And pray LORD thank you for today And for tomorrow I cast my care On You LORD Keep … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Cast Burdens On Lord, Cast Care, Close Eyes, Exhausted, Pillow, Pray, Sleep, Stay with Me, Tired, Weary
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Bless God of Heaven
Drum Roll for 1/1/11 One / one / eleven Coming from Heaven Ramp up for an exciting ride We know the signs of the times say This age draws near its end But we have a great God of GRACE … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bless God, Close of Age, Drum Roll, God, Praise, Pray, Psalm 121, Psalm 126, Signs of Time, Wait, Watch, Year 2011
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Cry Out Loud Lullaby
When you hurt I hurt and When you cry I cry When you laugh I laugh I love you my son Now I pray for you In pain I cry to God My tears flow for you God loves you … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Christian, Cry Out, Distress, Fear, God, Intercessory Prayer, Jesus, Praise, Pray, Sadness, Trouble
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