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Right to Choose (Wednesday)

MLK Day and March for Life fall in the same week this year. The two intersect over non-violent protest and focus on our right to choose our own responses.     On December 19, 1956, Dr. King offered a set … Continue reading

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Right to Choose (Tuesday)

My husband is heading to Washington tomorrow (God willing and no snow) to join the March for Life. The right to choose will make the news.     We have four grown sons, two by birth, two by adoption. The adoptions … Continue reading

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Right to Choose (Monday)

  Inalienable rights: what does that mean?     God given Equal to everyone The way it should be Per the dictionary: incapable of being conveyed, surrendered, sold or transferred. Joshua 24:15 (NLV) Choose today whom you will serve.  God’s … Continue reading

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Restoring My Soul (Friday)

  From a 1970s TV ad: “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better.”     We live in a barn that was turned into a home about the same timeframe as that TV ad. It was a mess when we bought … Continue reading

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Restoring My Soul (Thursday)

“Mold me and make me after thy will,   while I am waiting, yielded and still.” Have Thine Own Way, Lord! Adelaide A. Pollard, 1906     I can’t promise to be still (you know my propensity to complain, Lord), … Continue reading

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Restoring My Soul (Wednesday)

Restoration is a process of tearing down and rebuilding. It is messy, sometimes painful. When the destruction and construction hurt, it’s tempting to scream at God, “Just stop it!”     Ages ago, I started a workbook on prayer. The first … Continue reading

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Restoring My Soul (Tuesday)

The Old Testament describes how King Joash rebuilt the Temple. 2 Chronicles 24:13 (NLT) They restored the Temple of God according to its original design.   The Temple had been neglected and misused. The people had fallen away from genuine worship. The … Continue reading

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Restoring My Soul (Monday)

  Have you ever renovated a house—while you were living in it? How did it go?     Fun, in a crazy way Couldn’t stand the confusion and the mess Loved the outcome, hated the process Psalm 23:3 (KJV) He … Continue reading

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Building Resolve (Friday)

“Take my hands, and let them move   At the impulse of Thy love;   Take my feet and let them be   Swift and beautiful for Thee.” Frances Ridley Havergal,  Take My Life and Let It Be, 1874     … Continue reading

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Building Resolve (Thursday)

Have you heard about “one word” for the year? You pick one word to represent your focus for an entire year. Next year: new word, new focus. Very simple and very effective.   For 2014, my one word is two … Continue reading

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