Shirlee Abbott

Bestest Libraries Ever

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Shirlee Abbott

It is good to visit your childhood home. And it is even better to come back with a great idea.

Look what I discovered as I walked the streets of my hometown.

I want one. Doesn’t even have to be a TARDIS.

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I’m Back!

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Shirlee Abbott

Psalm 68:6
God sets the lonely in families.

Loneliness isn’t my issue. God set me in a great family.

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See you in a few

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Shirlee Abbott

I’m off to a family reunion.

Hello, cousins!

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Poured Out Praise

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Shirlee Abbott

“Every blessing You pour out
I’ll turn back to praise.”
Matt Redman, Blessed Be Your Name

And the other way around: Every praise I pour out, God turns into blessing.

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I Will Gladly Praise You Today for a Blessing on Tuesday

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Shirlee Abbott

Thank you, Wimpy, for today’s headline. We all relate to the “gimme now, I’ll pay you later” life view. Harder to grasp is the “praise God now for future blessings” mindset.

Remember that God exists outside of time. To Him the end is as the beginning.

Revelation 1:8 (NIV)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

For answers now, and in the past, and yet to come . . . I give thanks.

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Thank You in Advance for the Answer I May Not Want to Hear

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Shirlee Abbott

Do I pray as a last resort, begging God to get me out of a mess of my own creation? Or do I start off prayerfully, praising God for his answer before I even get around to thinking the request?

Herein is the hard part: praising God even if it won’t be the answer I want.

Lord, I praise you for your answer.
Yes, No or Wait.
Because you are gracious and good.

Think ahead to next week, next year, next decade. Praise God for the answers to requests not yet prayed.

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Praise Today for Tomorrow’s Blessings

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Shirlee Abbott

For what are you most grateful?

Family and friends
Answers to today’s prayers
I seem to have misplaced my attitude of gratitude

I bumped up against this intriguing thought in a book I’m reading:

“We will all agree to pray and praise God for the answers before we see them, for that be what faith is about. Then we wait and see.”
(from A Harvest of Hope, Lauraine Snelling)

Hmmm . . . praising God for his answer before we even get around to thinking the request? Are you up to that challenge?