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February 6, 2013

HALFWAY GIVERS

The ideal of Christian living is giving myself totally to God. We all talk about it, but it’s never been easy for me to do it in reality. What does it look like for me? We like to think we fully trust God immediately after becoming a Christian. But sometimes what’s possible and what really… Continue reading

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January 22, 2013

The Past Is Gone, But…?

Yeah, sure, the past is gone and tomorrow never comes, so just be in the moment…. live for today. In a sense that is true. But somehow the richness of life is lost when we try so hard to put away all the past. As Christians the past can become a foundation. The reminder of… Continue reading

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November 29, 2012

COME

Come to the Celebration! Put things aside and come to the celebration…. My Christmas card to you all. Blessings, Jo Continue reading

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November 22, 2012

The Spirit of Thankfulness

What if I quit listing things that I’m thankful and just sigh, “God, thank you for my whole life?” Not as much fun, but wonderfully all encompasing. Blessings to all. Continue reading

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November 15, 2012

My Way or God’s Way

I have often noticed how we as humans do things backwards from the way God does. Is 55:8 aludes to that, and the whole chapter is about God’s work. This devotion is the result of several things I’ve read lately about people who love animals and hate people, who love a cause and kill to… Continue reading

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November 7, 2012

Asking, Seeking, Knocking and Finding

It amazes me how quickly my attention and asking what’s next shifts from you to what’s happening around me. And I get frustrated when I don’t get answers. In my devotions I was reminded (again) the answers I get from secular places only satisifes the secular. If I want Life answers, I need to ask… Continue reading

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October 30, 2012

Lettting Go

God continues working in our lives no matter what is going on. I was reminded that again this week. Here’s a thought about my reaction to my growth. Continue reading

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October 13, 2012

But First The Heart

I have been thinking about how I can talk about God to people who increasingly don’t understand the heart change that takes place when we learn to love God off and on for a long time. But lately I’ve encountered attitudes of not needing God in new places, and I have re visited that quest.… Continue reading

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August 28, 2012

God Of All (An alphabet acrostic celebration)

I accepted a challenge from Faithful Bloggers (a group of Christian bloggers) to follow the acrostic style of Psalms that start with A and go to Z (in Hebrew, Not English) and it has taken me acouple of weeks to complete it. Hope you enjoy it. Try it… you’ll be surprised. Continue reading

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August 4, 2012

God Hangs Pictures?

A builder’s message struck a whimisical vision of God’s process of become part of our whole lives. This is something we see as people who claim to be Christians never make God part of their lives outside of church. Anger is never conquered, harsh judgements continue, conflict swilrs around them, and there is no peace.… Continue reading

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