Refrigerator Friends: The Kind of Friendship We All Need
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:24-25 Our pastor shared a concept several years ago called “Refrigerator Friends,”…
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Walking with the Shepherd: A Journey through Psalm 23
Lord, You are my Shepherd. You are my Keeper, my Defender, my Guardian—my Protector. When I am living under the umbrella of Your care, when I am following You, there is nothing that I lack. There is nothing that I lack. When the world pulls me in so many directions, I look to You. I…
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Why Trials? (Finding Joy in the Hardest Places)
We’ve all had trials in our lives, tough times where a lot of us have probably asked…why me? Why is this happening to me?? Or, why is this happening to the person that I love? I know I have asked that of God many times in my life. We tend, as humans, to focus on…
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The Blank Canvas of a New Day
I sit and watch as beautiful pastel colors seep and blend into the canvas of the dark morning sky, like watercolors spilling onto a blank piece of paper, and I think about the blank canvas of this new day. And I wonder what the Master Artist envisions for me today. For my children, for the…
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Meditations from Psalm 139: Psalm 139:2-3 Seen, Heard & Known
One thing I know about the human condition…every one of us wants to be seen. Heard. Fully known.
And sometimes, maybe we don’t feel those things. We feel unseen. We feel like no one understands us or wants to hear what’s really going on in our heart of hearts.
It’s a longing that we…
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Meditations from Psalm 139: Psalm 139:1-Fully Known
“Lord, You have searched (examined) me and You know me.” Psalm 139:1 Like a skillful doctor who studies an X-ray, MRI or CT scan to see what’s going on beyond what the naked eye can see, so the Lord searches our hearts and our minds. He looks beyond what people can see or know about…
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