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I Hurt God – Terribly

““Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8

“Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.” Psalm 14...

WARNING: I Was Ashamed of THIS

“For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.” 1 Cor. 12:12-14………….

“I have a confession to make,” I told a beloved friend who is my sister in the Lord, my friend, and co-laborer in this little ministry with wh...

The Lady Who Called a Cab

“For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”” Mark 8:38…….

“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”” John 4:24………..

Oh, how delighted I was! I looked across the moderately busy New York City street, as New York City streets almost always are to one degree or another anyway, and there stood a lady waving her hand...

When God Tells You to Do THIS

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6…………..

I was upset. Really upset. Really really upset. I had already prayed. A lot. Day after day. I had already cried out to the Lord. And I had cried out to friends. To pray. Oh, please pray. About a really sad situation. A situation that had been brought to my attention. By God. That nobody else seemed to know about. Or at least...

They Gave Their Lives

“By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” 1 John 3:16

“But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5

“and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Cor. 5:15

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of G...

Let Me Lead

“But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.” John 10:2-4

Three of the most important words I have ever heard.

Let me lead.

I’m not talking about hearing those words from humans. Like dance partners decades ago. The ones whose feet I inevitably stepped u...

Are You Downcast?

“As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
“Where is your God?”

4 When I remember these things,
I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

5 Why are you cast do...

Wait Means Wait

“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
And in His word I do hope.” Psalm 130:5

Maybe it’s obvious to you, or maybe not. Wait has a definition. And just in case you’re anything like I am when it comes to the word wait, let’s look at the definition. At the meaning. Of the word wait.

Merriam-webster.com defines wait as “to stay in place in expectation of.” Please note the words “stay in place.” Why do I say please note these words? Because some of us have modified the definition of waiting, as tho...

The Crying Chapel

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.” 2 tim. 4: 3-4

If chapels, and churches, could cry, this one would. Not that chapels cry. Not that churches cry. Or do they? Shouldn’t they? Of course, they weren’t born to cry. They weren’t created to cry. They weren’t built to cry....

When the Desperate Get Blessed

“As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
“Where is your God?”

4 When I remember these things,
I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

5 Why are you cast do...