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When we find our inner self filled with God’s love, we truly understand what His grace really means.
Do you write a daily journal? This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts. Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.
(Updated October 27)
Though we don’t always know what God is doing, we can always rely on who He is.
From Lamentations 3:22-23: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”
This informative post will be published on Saturday in place of my regular one. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
(answer found at the end of this post)
Being one of the original thirteen English colonies, the state of North Carolina is admitted as the 12th one to the American union on November 21, 1789.
Here are a few quick facts about North Carolina:
North Carolina’s nickname of the Tar Heel State refers to its history of ship building. From the state’s abundant pine forests, a variety of naval stores are extracted from these trees. These include tar, pitch, and turpentine.
The state’s landscape features three major physiographic regions. The physical geology includes the Coastal Plain (also called the tidewater), the Piedmont (low, rolling plateau), and the Blue Ridge (Appalachian Mountains).
Located along the Atlantic coastline, Kitty Hawk is famously remembered as the site of the Wright brothers’ first of its kind successful airplane flight. One of the state’s license plate designs features the words, “First in Flight.”
In 1587, Roanoke Island becomes the first English colony in North America. The settlement is twenty years ahead of the founding of the Jamestown colony in 1607. Later, the inhabitants mysteriously disappear.
The communities of Winston and Salem originally sit about one mile apart. In 1913, they merge together and become Winston-Salem. The city claims to be the birthplace of Krispy Kreme donuts when the very first business opens in 1937 to sell them.
North Carolina produces nearly sixty percent of the sweet potato crop in the United States. The tallest brick lighthouse in the United States is the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, which stands 210 feet tall after being rebuilt in 1870.
Silence
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A genuine smile traverses a country mile with its extra grace, full of kindness.
Do you write a daily journal? This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts. Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.
(Updated October 26)
When a man carries a gun all the time, the respect he thinks he’s getting might really be fear. So I don’t carry a gun because I don’t want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I’d rather they respect me. (Thoughts of Sheriff Andy Taylor from “The Andy Griffith Show.”)
I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then, I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I’m getting older, I realized that I’m walking even closer with my God.
Andy Griffith (1926-2012) was an American actor, television producer, and singer. As an actor, he will be remembered for his television roles as beloved Sheriff Andy Taylor (1960-1968) and folksy lawyer Ben Matlock (1986-1995). He was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Christ’s
Defining mercy
Encourages faithful steps
Sharing grace with others
Discipleship
Savior’s
Righteous journey
Conquering fallen world
Taking Father’s high road
Redemption
Messiah’s
Resurrected body
Sets us free
Fulfilling faith’s blessed tomorrow
Hope
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
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Grace prepares one’s heart to forgive. Jesus tears up life’s scorecard, ignores the “why” reasons, and encourages us to follow His teachings.
Do you write a daily journal? This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts. Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.
(Updated October 25)
One of the noblest words in our language is “grace,” defined as “unearned blessing.” We live by grace far more than anything else.
From Romans 3:23-24: “Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Elton Trueblood (1900-1994) was an American Christian author and theologian. He served as chaplain to both Harvard and Stanford universities.
Waking up on cold, frigid, winter morn
Looking like snowy storms, soon to be born
Pulling warm covers over this bare head
Let’s fast forward to new season instead
Always dreaming with bigness every night
Never alone, tasting perfect delight
Traveling ahead to hot summer day
Feeling urge to jump up, shouting to say
Has one ever seen more beautiful sky?
Sensational, unblemished blue so high
Treasure State’s journey, mines purest pleasures
Opening saddlebag, full of treasures
Shining high above, fullest sun in view
Sharing smiles with heavens, always be true
Western hospitality, comes this way
Be sure to come back, as we always say
From warmest hearts, joy overflows with grace
Montana’s Big Sky, lifetime’s “Last Best Place”
This poem reworks the theme from a previously published poem from 2019. The much-improved verses were inspired by the 1990 publication of The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology. Through eight chapters and over 800 pages, the works of numerous Montana authors can be read. Each illustrates the unique way of life and history found in Montana’s Big Sky Country.
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Sometimes moving forward entails leaving behind some cumbersome baggage.
Do you write a daily journal? This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts. Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.
(Updated October 24)
Big Sky Buckeye 