Read 1 Samuel 1:1-28 Earnestly, she prayed. Her distress was so great that as she poured her heart out to the Lord, one observer thought she was drunk. When God grants her request for a...
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Read – Luke 24:13-35 Shortly after Jesus' death, two men were travelling along a road, talking about all the things that had happened, when Jesus appeared to them. Only they didn't recognize it was Jesus...
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Read - Isaiah 1:16-19 Snow amazes me. I am bewildered by the fact that something can be at once so delicate yet so powerful. But the thing I am intrigued by the most is a...
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Read - Matthew 1:18-25 When I think of the birth of Jesus, particularly the scriptures that speak of the virgin birth, I am immediately reminded of the phrase, “Everyone has a story.” And I wonder...
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Read – Isaiah 60 God wants more for us than we want for ourselves. Have you ever stopped to think about that? One of my favorite verses is Ephesians 3:20 which tells us “God...
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Have you heard of “false spring”? This phenomenon in nature, where things warm up early, trees start to bud and sprout, and then *wham* it freezes again. Or perhaps you’ve seen the meme with the...
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Read - Luke 17:11-19 They were forced to live outside the community with torn clothes, unkempt hair, the lower part of their face covered, crying out, “unclean, unclean.” They must have lived with constant shame,...
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Read – Psalm 9 Recently, I spent the day at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. As my tour came to an end, I found myself at a theater where interviews of...
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On my desk are three items that I treasure. One is a scripture card, (one of Emily Lex’s lovely painted scripture art cards) with the words of Romans 15:13 with a watercolor buttercup. One is...
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Read - Luke 4:14-21 While thinking about what it means to be broken, I was reminded of a literal break my body endured. A few years ago, I fell while running, dislocated my elbow and...
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