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- NEW ORLEANS – LOUISIANA – ADVENTURES ON THE ROAD
- WHO IS CAROL ANN RITCHEY – WHY THE CHANGE –
- HOME SWEET HOME – BACK ON OUR LOT AFTER THREE NIGHTS AND FOUR DAYS AWAY – WHERE DID WE GO – TO GIANT RECREATION WORLD – THAT’S AN RV SERVICE CENTER – NOT A RESORT –
- 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: Righteousness
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
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
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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Love Is Patient – Love Is kind – From Everlasting to Everlasting the Lord’s Love Is With Those Who Fear Him –
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (NIV) – Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no … Continue reading
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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What Can Take Away the Hurt of Yesterday
What can take away the hurt of yesterday – An everlasting blessed tomorrow – Sing praises to the Lord Who has not left us In our sorrow – Who bore our Pain and sicknesses – Who won for us a Bright future and a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged blessing, Bright Future, Grafted in -, Heritage, Hope, Hurt, Hurt of Yesterday, Isaiah 54, Israel, Living Hope, praises to the Lord, Prophecy, Righteousness, Tomorrow, Yesterday
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Captured By Your Love
Somewhere beyond the blue Before we ever knew – Salvation’s plan Our Father drew – I’m captured by Your Love – Held in rapture thinking of The way You care for me – The way You comfort me – … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged blame, Captured by Your Love, Designed Rescue, innocent, Jesus, Justice, Lamb of God, love, No Condemnation, Plan of Salvation, Rescue, Righteousness, Salvation's Plan, Son of God, Victory
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Jesus Reversed the Curse – He Satisfied Justice and Brought Mercy by His Finished Work on the Cross – Mercy and Truth Are Met Together – Righteousness and Peace Have Kissed Each Other –
Psalm 85 – The Bible (KJV) – (Prophetic psalm – Psalmist sees grace) Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered … Continue reading
The Lord Is My Shepherd – What Can Make Me Afraid – My God Created the Universe – Yes – He Did – Smile – Child – He Has Given Us All Things – I Know It and Believe It –
The Lord is my Shepherd – I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul… Whenever my soul shudders at my thoughts, I suspect I’ve been listening to a lie. … Continue reading
Glory of New Covenant Grace Exceeds Old Covenant Glory of Law – for the Letter Kills, but the Spirit Gives Life
2 Corinthians 3:7-11 – The Bible (NIV) – Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its … Continue reading
Hear the Good News – Believe the Good News – Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life –
Do you want to be happy for the rest of your life – Perceive and believe the Good News – There is no more condemnation – Know the Truth And the Truth will Make you free – Happiness chases the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Believe, Carol Ann Hoel, Condemnation, Good News, Gospel, Hope, Jesus Christ, Joy, Know the Truth, Receive, Redeemer, Righteousness, Troubles, Troubles Come, Truth Will Make You Free
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When Christians Miss the Mark, Sin, Fall Short, or Fail – What Then – (Letters to a Friend – Series)
Here we are merrily going along living the Christian life, when we suddenly stumble, slip, or fall. Maybe it isn’t sudden. Perhaps we are slowly backsliding into a weakened state, when finally we fall and we know it. We are … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Letters to a Friend (series), Thought
Tagged Accuser, Believe, Christ, Christians, Comforter, Fail, Fall Short, Fellowship, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John 16:7-11, No Condemnation, Righteousness
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Understanding the Difference between Consequence and Judgment – (Letters to a Friend – Series)
Definitions: Consequence – a result or effect of an action or condition Judgment – a misfortune or calamity viewed as a divine punishment ___________________ Do New Covenant Believers Reap What They Sow? Yes, in the positive sense – We Reap Rewards … Continue reading
Oh Believer – There is No Spot in You
Did you fall – Did you hurt Someone you love so much – Did you miss the mark – Or speak a lie – Oh Believer – there is no spot in you – Your righteousness is a gift Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Abide, Accuser, Believer, bible kjv, Bride, Calvary, Cross, curse, Do not fear, Do not hide, Do not run, Eternity, every curse, Every sin, Fall, Father gave, Father's Son, Fear, Finished, Finished work, Future, Gift, gift of righteousness, God's Son, Grace, Hide, His beloved Son, His finished work, His righteousness, His side, hurt someone, In Him, iniquity, It Is Finished, Jesus Died, Judgment, lie, Live, Live in Him, Masterpiece, miss the mark, must die, no blemish, No spot, Paid Debt, Past, perfection, Present, Rest, Rest in Him, righteous in Christ, Righteousness, Righteousness of God, run, Salvation, Sin, Son of God, song of solomon, speak a lie, Stay, Stay by His side, tell a lie, theology, Unrighteousness, we died, We live, You abide, You must die
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Holy God – Perfect Lamb – Jesus – Savior
God is Holy. He cannot bear to look at sin. If any of us had one single sin that wasn’t covered by the blood of Jesus, we could not stand before God. Jesus, the Lamb of God that takes away … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Blood, Blood of Jesus, Christ, Death, Forgiveness, Healing, Jesus, Justification, Lamb of God, Perfect Lamb, punishment, Redemption, Resurrection, Righteousness, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin, Son of God, Takes away Sins
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My Righteousness is from YOU – JESUS
My righteousness is from YOU JESUS – who suffered and died And rose again In YOU I triumph – unstoppable – Your LOVE is my JOY – YOU are TRUTH and GRACE – JESUS – Son of the Father My … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Abolishes guilt, accusation, Blessed, Blessed by Grace, Blood of Jesus, Calvary, Cross, Cross of Calvary, delivered from condemnation, Father's Right Hand, Freed by Truth, Freely gave His blood, Glory, Glory Hallelujah, Grace, Hallelujah, Jesus, Jesus Died, Jesus rose again, Jesus suffered, Lawless Deeds, My Joy, No Condemnation, Promises, Righteousness, Shed Blood of Christ, Sins, Son of the Father, Suffered and Died and Rose Again, Throne, Triumph, Truth, Unrighteousness, Unstoppable, who delivers from condemnation, Your Love
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Trust in the LORD and Do Good
Psalm 37:1-7 – The Bible (KJV) – Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Be Not Envious, Commit, Commit Your Way to the LORD, Cut Down Like Grass, Delight, Delight in the Lord, Desires of the Heart, Do Good, Fret Not, Fret Not Because of Evildoers, Judgment, Justice, Light, Lord, Noonday, Psalm 37, Rest, Rest in the LORD, Righteousness, Trust, Trust in the Lord, Wait, Wait Patiently
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No Weapon Formed Against You Shall Prosper
Psalm 100 – The Bible (KJV) – Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged All Generations, Bless God, Bless His Name, Condemn, Everlasting, Gates, Gladness, Heritage, Heritage of the Servants of the LORD, Isaiah 54:17, Joyful Noise, Judgment, Lord, LORD he is God, Mercy, Psalm 100, Righteousness, Servants, Serve the LORD, Sheep of His Pasture, Singing, Thanksgiving, Truth Endures, Weapon
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Loving God Waits for Latter Rain
James 5:7-8 – The Bible (KJV) – Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and … Continue reading
Matthew 6:26-34 (The Bible)
26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27Which of you by taking thought can add one … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Birds, Clothe, Clothing, Food, Fowls, Kingdom of God, Lilies of the Field, Lily, Lily of the Valley, Matthew 6:26-34, Reap, Righteousness, Sow, Tomorrow
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Hide Me in the Rock
Hide me in the rock Far away from view Clothe me in your righteousness For I am not like you Hide me in the rock Take away my guilt Tell me again that I’m clean For I am not enough … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bible, Christ, Eternal Security, God, Jesus, John 3:16-18, Justification, Righteousness, Rock, Salvation, Sanctification, Son
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