Author: Pam R
Monday
I can hear some of you asking, “Why?” As though cleaning on this scale is weird. Because I can. Because I still have the strength and ability to move furniture, mop floors, wash bedding. Right now, I’m all hot and sweaty, and getting ready to take a shower before sleep. (Because who wants to crawl…
This Week’s Agenda
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. Ecclesiastes 9:10a NIV *** Last week, that meant working in the great room. Moving furniture, cleaning out drawers and cupboards, washing the floor, the rugs and the linens. Strenuous, but worth every effort. The room looks, well, great. *** Whatever you do, work at…
People of God
But you are God’s “chosen generation”, his “royal priesthood”, his “holy nation”, his “peculiar people”—all the old titles of God’s people now belong to you. It is for you now to demonstrate the goodness of him who has called you out of darkness into his amazing light. In the past you were not “a people”…
Children of God
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.John 1:12 NIV *** Jesus came to announce to us that an identity based on success, popularity and power is a false identity – an illusion! Loudly and clearly he says: ‘You are not what…
God’s Child
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!1 John 3:1a NLT *** “Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.” Lysa Terkeurst *** I am of great worth.I have amazing…
Signs of the Times
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“And the Dream Goes On”
Independence Day is over, but our hard-won freedoms continue. That is worth celebrating every day. (I couldn’t find a captioned video, so I have included the lyrics below.) *** *** America, America, and the dream goes on!America, America, and the dream goes on! There’s a song in the dust of a county roadOn the wind…
Happy Independence Day!
“O say can you see, by the dawn’s early lightWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?” *** Johnny Cash wrote “Ragged Old Flag” to “reaffirm faith in the country and the goodness of the American people.” *** “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896, is, by a…
On Walking with God
Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.Psalm 23:4 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition *** Day by day, morning by morning, begin your walk with Him in the…