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Tag Archives: Lent
Into Your Fears
What worries you most? Failure Betrayal and abandonment Ridicule Pain and death Yesterday was Palm Sunday. This is Holy Week, a time set apart to ponder and celebrate the last week of Christ’s earthly life. As Jesus … Continue reading
Prepared to Forgive
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Prepared to Come as You Are
Luke 1:17 (NIV) . . . turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. How to prepare is the question. … Continue reading
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Prepared People
I lay awake. I tried the usual back-to-sleep techniques, without success. Prayer time, I thought. Prepare-my-heart time. It’s not all about you. I’m kinda slow in the middle of the night. Minutes passed, I finally understood. I’m called … Continue reading
Be Prepared . . . for Easter
Get ready: food, house, wardrobe. Study the word: Jeremiah 15:16 (NIV) When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight. Clear out the sin: 1 John 1:9 If we confess our … Continue reading
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Easter Preparations
What have you done to get ready for Easter? I have candy for the baskets Cleaning for company I bought a beautiful dress Lent isn’t about the food, the company or the clothes–unless, of course, you … Continue reading
The Way of the Cross
Today is the intersection of St. Patrick, Spring and Lent. Today is the intersection of forgiveness, new life and Christ. Today’s intersection is the Cross.
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Waiting to Understand
We think we’re waiting for the still, small voice of God. Sometimes it’s not a voice. We’d looked everywhere for the keys–nada. We prayed. In my mind’s eye, I saw our young son poking the keys through … Continue reading
Waiting to Hear
It’s Lent. We are waiting–waiting to hear from God. “God not only gives us something to hear, but he gives us ears to hear with . . . he that sends the tidings also opens the … Continue reading
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Still Waiting
Your Lenten wait should not be empty. It should be quiet, like the silence after a snowfall. Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God. The silence overflows with the presence of God.