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Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
“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…
On Walking …
… and Walking On. Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.Timothy Keller *** Though he give you the bread of adversity and water of affliction, yet he will be with you to teach you—with your own eyes you will see your Teacher. And if you leave…
“I Walk”
Autobiography in Five Short Chaptersby Portia Nelson II walk, down the street,there is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I fall in … I am helpless … It isn’t my fault …It takes forever to find a way out. III walk, down the street,there is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I pretend that I don’t see…
Funny Feline Friday
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Chosen
“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.Isaiah 48:10 Amplified Bible *** A devotional by C. H. Spurgeon Comfort yourself, tried believer, with this thought —God says, “I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.” Let affliction come — God has chosen me. Poverty, you may…
On Suffering, Trouble & Life
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.Elbert Hubbard *** We are never closer to God than when trials come upon us.Charles R. Swindoll *** Anything under God’s control is never out of control.Charles R. Swindoll *** God already knows what we’re made of, but perhaps He wants us…
The Safest Place
You have no idea how many times God saves you from harm every single day. (unknown) *** The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him.Nahum 1:7 NLT *** If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over…