Trouble

I remember as a kid learning what it meant to be “in trouble”. When I stepped outside the rules that my parents had set for me, I was “in trouble”. There was punishment to follow. I remember in grade school at Knifley Elementary learning how to avoid getting into trouble. I should be quiet when…

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Answer To Prayer

There have been lots of times when the Lord answered my prayers a lot differently than how I prayed. When I pray for healing, I want the person healed and back to normal here on earth. When I pray for specific things or specific people, I believe that the Lord heals. I believe that He…

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Quiet Strength

Some people are simply loud – they talk loudly, they laugh loudly, they whisper loudly. I can get loud, but I try to keep calm and weigh my words carefully.  I sometimes get loud when I’m in strong disagreement with another person. I think it actually harms my words when I get loud, because the volume…

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Confident

I know what confidence looks like to me. I looked it up on dictionary.comjust to be safe. Confident means to be “sure, full assurance or strong belief. Confident is sometimes displayed as bold, presumptuous and sure of oneself.” I think the line between confidence and arrogance can be very thin. I see confidence as more…

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Wandering or Walking

If I have the choice of walking or riding a bike, I will choose the bicycle. I enjoy bike riding, especially on The Carrollton Greenbelt – an 18-mile loop around our city. I am thankful that I can walk and that for the most part, it feels good to walk. Going for a walk is…

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Always Trust

I want to be known after my life here is complete for being faithful to the Lord. I want to “Always Trust” Him in everything. It sounds like something that is easy, but it’s a bit harder that I sometimes think. It’s easy in the middle of a successful season to take all the credit.…

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