How do you unpack from that trip!?!
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Five years ago I was introduced to soap making. I fell in love with the scents and the science. Watching ingredients come together from solids to liquid and back to solid in just a matter of time and condition. I didn’t master it. I piddled. The desire lingers. Time doesn’t allow. Priorities take precedence. My mom crocheted. I taught myself by watching others. Small projects completed and an attempted big one unfinished. The creating with my hands only bringing minimal satisfaction because the perfectionist in me sees all the faults left from imperfect stitching. I didn’t master it. I piddled.…
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Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. God’s glory-grace given. Paul repeats the phrase “to the praise of the glory” or “to the praise of His glory” three times in Ephesians 1. Then continues two more times referring to God’s glory. Five references to glory in one chapter. Whose glory? God’s. Kept to Himself? No. In verse 6, grace bestowed on the writer and recipients of the letter. More specifically, in verse 2, “the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus.” In…
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So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. Ephesians 2:19-22 This passage is sitting and expanding in my mind and heart. Paul, writing to the church in Ephesus, the church living in the middle of…
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If I had to choose one age I still see myself at it would be 40. So much happened in that year. I had to learn to live life differently that year. I had to learn to lean heavily into my Creator because He took the vessel that ushered me into this world away from me. I couldn’t lean on her anymore. That year showed me some weaknesses and some strengths about myself. I have aged since that year. There are still days I desperately want my mama. But in those times, I remember that One who will never leave…
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Live the life God has given you out loud and upfront for Him.
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He delights in giving you good and perfect gifts.
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Tell me about your fellowship with other believers.
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“What is man that You magnify him, And that You are concerned about him, That You examine him every morning And try him every moment? Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?”Job 7:17-19 NASB1995https://bible.com/bible/100/job.7.17-19.NASB1995 God’s attention is always on His children. It never stops. He never gets distracted. His concern never goes away. My attention, on the other hand, is easily interrupted. Even as I click keys, the slightest distraction grabs my thoughts away from the matter in front of me. I wonder if Paul had the same problem?…
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Sunday morning. Mind, heart, body prepares for the clock to hit its mark. Think backwards to know what needs to be done when in order to be in the pew on time. You already know if it is your habit to attend a worship service. You already know what time you need to be up and showered and dressed and in the car and in the parking lot and when the music will usher in a time of worship. You know if you live it every week for years and years. Your heart starts longing for that time. Not to…