A few of my favourite things..

Thanksgiving Day is past, but that doesn’t stop me from giving thanks!!
‘Sing to the Lord, bless His name, proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.
Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples!”
Psalm 96:1,2
These are a few of my favourite things for which I’m thankful:
and so much more…worship [...]

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Lest We Forget

 ”Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits!”

 
“When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.  Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I [...]

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Babies…Life…Hope

“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.
“Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn baby. The finest of our precision watches, the most super-colossal of our supercargo planes don’t compare with a newborn baby in the number and ingenuity of coils and springs, [...]

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Rejoice in Him

“Bless the Lord, O my soul!”  Psalm 103:1
“Let us rejoice in Him.”  Psalm 149:2
“Rejoice in the Lord, always, and again I say, Rejoice!” Philippians 4:4
[Part 2 of a discussion beginning with Rejoice in This! ]  
Somedays are full of things to rejoice in!   And then there’s those other days, often stretching into months or seasons, when we don’t rejoice at [...]

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Give Your Troubles Away

“In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”  Psalm 118:5, 6  (NIV)
Wy do we keep our troubles and anguish to ourselves?  The psalmist David cried to the Lord. when his heart was [...]

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A Psalm for Rebecca

A Psalm for my sister-in-law as she continues her chemo treatment today.  A Psalm, a prayer, a cry…may the Lord encourage her, and you, through His reassurance, mercy, deliverance, protection, compassion, goodness, and very Presence. 
Psalm 116    NIV
1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice;
       he heard my cry for mercy. 
   2 Because he turned his ear [...]

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My Compass, His Word

“Thy Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.”  Psalm 119:105
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 
In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5, 6

“Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man [...]

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Hope for More

I haven’t written a post lately, with the intent purpose of keeping the last post on the Lord’s faithfulness foremost on my heart and on the blog.  This beautiful assurance, can comfort us through most anything in this life!
But I still forget!!  Why?!  Probably because I’m focusing on THIS life and not the ultimate plan the [...]

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A Monument of Grace – You!

“A monument of grace, a sinner saved by blood..”  John Kent, 1803
When I wrote earlier that I long to be a ‘monument of grace,’ I realized that such a declaration could sound prideful or be misunderstood.  On the contrary, given the context of the hymn and Scriptures, a monument of grace is not an invincible statue or unattainable standard.  Rather, as [...]

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Save the Bulls

“Save the bulls.   Honor Maximus.  He won the battle.”
 
I love this quote from the film, The Gladiator.  It was uttered by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, to his son, Commodus, who conveniently “missed the war,” a deadly and terrifying battlefront in ancient Germany.  Commodus flippantly condoleses,  ”Father, congratulations!  I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls  to honour your triumph,” hoping to gain his father’s favour, or possibly [...]

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