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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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- 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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Tag Archives: Trouble
When Deep Disappointment Plunges Its Stinger in Your Soul … Don’t Doubt Your Savior’s Love – Trust and Believe – Speak Hope – Trouble Is Temporary – Love Is Eternal – Jesus Saves –
Holding onto hope – My hope was crushed – How did it happen – How could my world Collapse – Looking for one to blame – I blamed the Innocent One – Where was His help – I thought – I’d been taught Jesus saves… Condemnation … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Affliction, Condemnation, Disappointment, Doubt, Fire, God's Love, Guilt, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Saves, love, Love of God, Savior's Love, The Bible, Trouble
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I Will Sing of the Mercies of The Lord Forever – with My Mouth Will I Make Known Your Faithfulness to All Generations – Psalm 89:1 – The Psalmist Penned These Words During a Time of Trouble – He Reminded God of His Promises – We Have Even Better Promises than His Generation – God Is Faithful – We May Remind Him – And He Will Hear Us – And He Will Deliver Us –
If you would like to read all of Psalm 89, you will see at the end of it how sad and troubled the writer was when he wrote it. He reminded the Lord of the Covenant He had made with David. He recounts the Lord’s … Continue reading
Mid-October Sunrise in Arizona – Blessings to All – Sunrise – Sunset – Sunrise – Sunset – The Lord God Is Faithful –
Just a hint of dark cloud surrounded by light and beauty. Look at the expanse of sky and the size of trouble. Our God is always bigger than our troubles. We are blessed.
Posted in Memoir, Photos, Thought
Tagged Beauty, blessing, Clouds, Faithful God, God, God Almighty, Hope, Light, LORD God, Sunrise, Trouble, Troubles Small
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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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No One but You – LORD
Who is there but You – LORD – Who will hear me when I cry – You only – You are my shelter – I run to You when trouble comes – When trouble comes – I call You Lift … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Almighty God, Embrace, God, Jesus, Lift Out, Lord, Lullaby, Muddy Water, Rest, Roaring Waves, Savior, Shelter, Sing Song, Surf, Trouble
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Adversity – Does it make us stronger?
Adversity reaches all of us in varying degrees of severity and for differing lengths of time, causing us to struggle. Some difficulties may be avoidable, while others are inescapable. Some people, while suffering a long time, find ways to cope. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Adversity, Cope, Dark Threads, Difficulties, Fiction, Hardship, Make Stronger, Promise, Romans 8:28, Severity, Struggling, Tapestry of life, Trials, Trouble, Who we are
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The Mountains May Crumble
When the floor falls out beneath – And the roof caves in – that’s When your heart skips a beat – When faith fails – when darkness Veils your path – when tears Drown you in your sleep – When … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged All alone, Alone, calamity, catastrophe, Cling, Clinging, Clinging to Lord, Danger, Darkness, drown, Evil, faith fails, Fear, Feel alone, Feel His embrace, floor, Floor falls, God's Voice, Grief, Hear, His Voice, Jesus, Jesus Never Fails, Jesus never leaves, Jesus with us always, Loneliness, Lonely, Never Alone, Never fails, Never Leaves, Never Lets You Down, Pain, Path, Promises, roof, Roof caves, Sadness, Sleep, sleepless, Still Small Voice, Tears, tears drown, Trouble, Trouble Comes, turbulence, veil, veils, Warm Embrace, When, Word of God
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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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This Trouble Too Shall Pass
The One that died for me And you – The Faithful One So true – I’m counting now On you – Jesus My heart is broke in two – Such pain You bore for us – You do Care – … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses, Memoir, Poetry
Tagged 23rd Psalm, Bore for us, Broken Heart, Care, Clinging, Counting on You, Faithful One, Fear, Fear No Evil, God, Good Gifts, Grief, Heart is Broke, Heaven, Hope, I know you care, Jesus, Keeping me Safe, Knowing, Lead me, Lord, One that died, Pass, Psalm 23, Rest in Peace, Safe, Such Pain, Tear, The Hope, This too shall pass, This trouble too shall pass, Thou art with me, Through the Valley, Trouble, Trusting, Valley, Valley of the Shadow of Death, Wait, Will Come, You Are With Me
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Jesus Stays
Trouble comes and trouble goes – Jesus stays – Jesus knows – No matter what seems to be – Jesus – LORD – cares for me – I praise You – LORD Jehovah Jireh – Jehovah Rapha Jehovah Jireh – … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged By His Stripes, Cares, Eternal, Eternally, Eternity, God Reigns, Healed, Healing, Heals me, In Heaven, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Rapha, Jesus, Jesus knows, Jesus Reigns, Jesus stays, Lord, Lord Jesus, No Matter What Seems to Be, On Earth, Praise, Sickness, Triumphant, Triumphantly, Trouble, Trouble Comes, Trouble goes
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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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The LORD Loves Justice and Does Not Forsake His People
Psalm 37:27-40 – The Bible (KJV) – Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. For the LORD loves judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. The … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Bible, Deliver, Deliverance, Depart from Evil, Evil, Good, Judgment, Justice, Law of God, LORD Loves Justice, Not Found, Peace, Perfect Man, Psalm 37, Righteous, Saints, Salvation, Strength in Time of Trouble, Transgressor, Trouble, Trust in God, Upright, Wait on the LORD, Wicked, Wicket Cut Off, Wisdom
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God Is Our Shelter and Strength
Advancing mercenary warriors Clad in hideous uniform Mounting horse-like beasts Morphing into grisly forms Flutter on the horizon of my mind Who are these vile creatures That raid my peace of mind – The Evil One flexing his muscle Training … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Battle Line, Battlefield, Battlefield of the Mind, Beasts, Enemy, Evil One, God of Jacob, Grisly Form, Help in Trouble, Horizon, LORD of Hosts, Mercenary, Mind, Morph, Peace of Mind, Shelter, Strength, Sword, Troops, Trouble, Two-edged Sword, Uniform, Vile Creatures, Warrior, Weapon, Word of God
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Trouble sometimes comes When we least expect it When we least know What to do Like a predator waiting Or a low-hanging cloud An unwelcome intruder In our world is Trouble Like the ram in the photo We may have … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Awesome God, Help in Trouble, Predator, Psalm 46, Trouble, Troubled Seas, Troubled Waters, Unwelcome Intruder
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I’ll Close My Eyes
This day wears on and finally ends You are here with me You never leave Yesterday’s trial seems less Troubling than it was or Am I just tired I think I spoke away the pain Writing all the words Now … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Asleep, Bible, Close Eyes, Hebrew 13:5, Jesus, Never Forsake, Never Leave, Safe, Sleep, Trouble
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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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The World Turns
The world turns My heart yearns For peace and safety For the ones I love Days gone by that Once distressed me Compared with troubles Now all around me Seem small and Insignificant My own travails Seemed larger then My … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Bible, Captive, Christian, Deliverance, Free, God, Jesus, Lord, Past, Psalm 34, Psalms, Trouble, Trust, World, World turns; Days gone by
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Psalm 88 (and one verse of 89)
1O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Bible, Christian, Cry Out, David, Faith, God, Prayer, Psalm 88, Psalm 89, Trouble, Unfailing Love
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The Bad Stuff
The bad stuff that happens Makes my heart throb Makes my knees knob In fact it makes me Want to sob Yet I have my Savior’s promise That He will make the bad stuff Work together for good For me … Continue reading