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The Independant (#jammed daily devo, day 185)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 185: Free by default. “So he was despised and forsaken by men, this man of suffering, grief’s patient friend.” Isaiah 53:3 (VOICE) Independence can become an obsession if we believe we’re entitled to it. As the world gets bigger and bigger, and our reach to communicate across it get’s smaller and smaller, the…
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The Smile Lines (#jammed daily devo, day 184)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 184: Lines of change. “…while we lived in this temporary body.” 2 Corinthians 5:10 (VOICE ) “Mom, I like your smile lines,” she said, gazing into my face as if their mere existence made me magical. “Me, too,” I assure her, secretly hoping that by the time I’m ready to meet…
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The Knees (#jammed daily devo, day 183)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 183: Batches of prayer. “Come together.” 1 Corinthians 1:10 (VOICE) For a time, the number of people with knee injuries on my list of healing prayers became so great that I just started to pray, “please bless and heal ‘the knees.’” Pain seems to unite people. The awful, and seemingly endless strife without solution isn’t…
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The Nylon Strings (#recall12, July)
Welcome to the #recall12 series, where we are memorizing a little bit of God’s great Word together each month! This month’s verse is: “The Lord is my strength and my song.” Exodus 15:2 “TWANG-TWANG-TWANG-TWANG-TWANG….” I’m enjoying this. I love to listen to her play. Don’t criticize her for playing. Think about something else…. In the…
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The Side-Door Debris (#jammed daily devo, day 182)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 182: Swept clean. “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” 1Samuel 7:12 “What happened to the car, Mom?” my daughter slowly reached for her seatbelt as if she was unsure she had gotten in the right vehicle. “Hey …my trash is gone…” my other daughter reveled as she glanced toward the door…
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