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Why?Almost half of American adults read below high school level. God looks at your heart, not your reading skills. Big faith can be built on simple words.
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Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott
Let It Rain!
I was driving on the Interstate Saturday, traveling my usual safe sane 69 mph. Spritzes of rain required an occasional swipe of the wipers. Suddenly, God opened the fire hose. Traffic on both sides of the highway came to a … Continue reading
Pray for Rain
Rain! Clearing the air Watering the earth Filling the reservoirs Rain, beautiful rain, ending our dry spell. For this rain we prayed. There’s another kind of rain, coming down from God above. It’s rain for our spirits. … Continue reading
Safe Shelter at the End of Life
When life is good, we wrap our mortality in a distant fog, hoping some far-off day to go to sleep in bed and wake up in heaven. But when pain and suffering take hold, we dust off our hope … Continue reading
Heroic Heart
How to be a hero (from the mouth of God): Acts 13:22 (NIV) I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do. Be a hero. … Continue reading
Be a Hero
Hebrews 11 gives us a list of heroes: Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses (and his parents), Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, David and Samuel. Hebrews 11:16 (NIV) God is not ashamed to be called their God. … Continue reading
The Fixer-Uppers
I see a bit of me in Jehoiada. I’ve been cleaning and painting at church, fixing it up. We find Jehoiada the fixer-upper in 2 Chronicles 24. He’d helped rescue young Joash from the wicked Athaliah and set him … Continue reading
Bible Character
Does someone in the Bible remind you of you? Jacob (the deceiver) David (the poet) Peter (the bigmouth) Jehoiada (the fixer-upper) Jehoiada? Not a name to top most lists. He reminds me of me–I’ll tell why tomorrow. … Continue reading
Safe Cities
There are big problems in our big cities: homelessness, gangs, crime, addiction, dysfunctional schools, poverty. Inner-city churches need our help. If you’re close by, volunteer. No matter where you are, pray. Lord, shelter your houses of worship in our … Continue reading