And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. ~G.K. Chesterton The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ~John Vance Cheney God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments […]
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Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 “It’s blog day! What am I going to write about? Do I have anything important
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The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs. Let the whole world fear the Lord, and let everyone stand in awe of him. For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his
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Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 4:6-7 The last several weeks have been
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Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. ~1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NLT) When I looked at my calendar page for Friday, October 5, I saw that it was World Smile Day. Awesome! Wouldn’t it be great if there really was
I spent the last two weeks studying a passage of Scripture (Luke 5:17-26) and “learning it by heart,” for a Biblical storytelling class I was taking. It was an interesting experience, and I discovered that when I devoted a lot of time to this one Bible passage, I began to see things I hadn’t noticed
Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows
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Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. ~Matthew 7:1-2 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. ~Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT) Using my camera as a spiritual tool is something I was recently taught in an online class. I learned to allow the Holy Spirit to lead
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A few weeks ago, it was brought to my attention that I had unknowingly offended someone at church. I had apparently come across as aloof and uncaring, and even rude. Needless to say, I was deeply troubled that some action on my part, or possibly a lack of action, had been misunderstood and had caused
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