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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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- 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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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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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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Curtain Call – One More Night with the Frogs – Gingivitis Healed after Many Years of Not Worsening – Relief Was Only a Prayer Away – Now Gingivitis Is Gone – Praise to Jesus – Healing Is Part of His Redemptive Gift to Us – For By His Stripes We Are Healed –
I compare my failure to pray for immediate healing of Gingivitis fifteen years ago to Egyptian Pharoah’s failure to ask Moses for the plague of frogs to be lifted immediately. Moses asked Pharoah when he should pray for the frogs to … Continue reading
A Different Kind of Curtain Call – God Pulled Back the Curtain and I Saw What I Didn’t See Before – I Had Received What I said According to Mark 11:23-24 – Even When I Was Unaware of the Awesomeness of It – We Can Have What We Say Believing – Because of Jesus’ Redemptive Work on the Cross –
At the conclusion of a performance an audience showing extreme enthusiasm for the presentation may inspire a curtain call. The curtain opens again, exposing the leading actor, player, or artist, allowing spectators to offer yet another round of applause. I’ve been studying healing in the Bible, and during these months, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Curtain Calls, Healing, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Believe, Bible Promises, Biblical Healing, Curtain call, Divine Healing, Faith, God Hears Payer of Faith, Hallucination, Healing in the Bible, Mark 11:23-24, Prayer, Remembrance, Revelation, Say what you want, Witness
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Barren Floors – Weeds Shooting for the Stars in the Yard – My Hubby Working Very Hard to Finish Demolition before Surgery – We Go Out to Eat Again Today – Kitchen Temporarily Unfit for Cooking – Praying for Steve’s Hip to Heal Completely –
My energizer-bunny hubby looks frazzled like this cactus after working longer hours than usual trying to finish demolition of the hallway and kitchen tile before his surgery date. I’m not comfortable with cement dust assaulting his lungs as he scrapes … 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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If I Could Have Whatever I say…(short fiction)
If I could have whatever I say, what would I say? She considered that thought for several minutes, contemplating what she really wanted in life. First she thought of her personal circumstances. Was she really content with her life? She decided … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Bible Verses, Short Fiction
Tagged Believe, Believers, Car, car breakdown, Cross, Declare, desire of heart, desires, dialog, Eternal Life, Fail, fail less, Failure, Faith, forgiveness of sins, full access, Gave Himself, Have what I say, Healing, health, in faith, Jesus, material, materialistic, Prayer, Prosper, prosper more, Prosperity, repair, Say, take away sin, Throne of Grace, vehicle, wellness
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This is the Day – Psalm 118:24-25
Psalm 118:24-25 This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. _________________ Everyday with Jesus is an adventure!
Posted in Adventure, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Adventure, Day, Father, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer, Prosperity, The Lord, This is the Day, This is the Day which the Lord hath made
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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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Thank You All for Prayers for My Husband and Me
There was a knock at my door a few moments ago. The deliveryman for the hospice pharmacy brought medication for my husband. He asked me how my husband was doing. I told him he was much better than a few … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Memoir
Tagged Abundant life, Alzheimer's, aspiration, aspiration pneumonia, beginning of the end, breath, choke, choking, Comfortable, Death, Deliveryman, desperation, Fate, fighting for breath, health, Heaven, hospice, laugh lines, medication, obstructed airway, pharmacy, pneumonia, Praises, praises to the Lord, Prayer, Smile, starvation, succumb, Swallow, Swallow food, well being, wit
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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
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Alzheimer’s Disease – The Last Mile of the Way – May It Bring Blessing for My Husband and Me
Learning to deal with my husband’s Alzheimer’s disease is an ongoing challenge. My prayer for him is that he will not suffer pain or anxiety during this last chapter of his life. God will honor that prayer and grant it … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses
Tagged Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease, And that made all the difference, Answered Prayer, Anxiety, Blessings, Challenge, Death's door, Diverged, General direction, Heavenly Homecoming, His face I see, Home-Going, Homecoming, Husband, Journey, Journey ahead, Last Chapter, Pain, Perspective, Prayer, Purpose behind Suffering, Robert Frost, starlight, Suffering, sunbeams, Temporary gain, The difference, The Last Mile, The Last Mile of the Way, Two Roads, Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood, Until death do us part, Until death parts us, Yellow Wood
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Alzheimer’s – You Don’t Have My Man
Hello in there – You seem not to hear – Your countenance has changed so much – Those baby blues seem vacant Though I search them looking for you – You look back at times – or do I imagine … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged A breath away, A breath away from losing you - For a time - I won't be afraid, a while longer, Alzheimer's, Baby Blues, Countenance has changed, Cradles in the arms of Jesus, He's still waiting there, Hello in there, His call, I love you, I'll grieve, I'm waiting here, Jesus, Lingering a while longer with me, Lingering with me, Looking for you, My Man, Prayer, Savior's care, Settled in his Savior's care, Shall I regret, Snuggles in angels' wings, Still waiting, Taking a nap, Vacant, Waiting, wrapped in fervent prayer, You love me, You'll not slip away from 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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There is None Like You – Almighty God
The ones I love have fallen – There’s no one to rescue But You – Oh LORD my God – Turn their hearts to You – Cause them to see – To hate lies – Open eyes – Show them … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Abide in Me, Almighty God, Amen, Ask, Ask In Faith, Faith, Fallen, Hate Lies, Hearing Prayer, Intercessory Prayer, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, Jesus, Keep Promises, Liberate, Lord, Lord My God, LORD of Hosts, LORD of Warriors, No One to Rescue, None Like You Almighty God, Nothing Is too Hard, Ones I Love, Open Eyes, Praise, Praise the LORD, Prayer, Prayer Warriors, Promises, Promises of God, Provider, Rescue, Set Captives Free, Stand in Gap, Thank you, There Is None Like You, Truth, Turn Hearts, You Made the Way, Your Mighty Hand, Your Word
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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
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
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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