From My Journal (11/20)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

May we step forward in trusting God’s vision as our faith sharpens its focus.

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 November 20)

Charles Swindoll Quote

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God will use failure in your life to break down that strong desire in your heart to see your name in lights.  And when He finally breaks you of that lust for recognition, He may place you before the lights like you’ve never imagined.  But then it won’t matter.  You won’t care if you’re prime time of small time, center stage or backstage, leading the charge or packing the baggage.  You’re just part of the king’s army.

From Galatians 5:26:  “Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.”

Cherished (Haiku Series #303)

Faith

Most precious union

Trusted journey of marriage—

Love expressed each day

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Hope

Treasured daily gift

Twin hearts always together—

Love’s refreshing breath

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Peace

Couple sharing joy

Transforming experience—

Harmony’s grace sings

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From My Journal (11/19)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

A marriage offers so much more when both husband and wife embrace ways to work together.

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 November 19)

John Chrysostom Quote

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The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together.

From Matthew 19:4-6:  “He answered, ‘Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?  So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

John Chrysostom served the early Christian church during the late 4th century and early 5th century in Constantinople where he preached and was a prolific writer.

Monday Memories: Healing Our Divisions

This poem is written as a traditional Sonnet, but it can certainly be read as a prayer.  God’s peace!

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Lives pretending to follow a Holy God

Being of the flesh, greater than the spirit

Living as infants in our Lord Jesus Christ

Thirsty for our Father’s love, we shall fear it

 

Life filled with jealousy and quarrelsome times

Behaving outside of our Father’s design

Belonging to the Left, beholding the Right

Only walking with Jesus, should lives align

 

Sowing life’s seeds for a bountiful harvest

Thirsty for true living water and care

This world’s Master Builder brings His hope-filled Grace

Humbling kneeling at the Cross, hear our prayers

 

Only through our Lord Jesus, rests our foundation

Unifying voices throughout this nation

 

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From 1 Corinthians 3:21-23:  “So let no one boast about human leaders.  For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.”

Originally published August, 2020.

From My Journal (11/18)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Any message of unity must be wrapped in the Gospel’s Word about love.

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 November 18)

Randy Frazee Quote

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To love God and love our neighbor is the standard of God, which on our own we cannot achieve.  But in Christ, a new command is issued.

From Matthew 22:36-40:  “‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’  He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the greatest and first commandment.  And a second is like it:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.'”

Randy Frazee is an American pastor and Christian author.  As a teacher and innovator, he is dedicated to leading others in Bible engagement, spiritual formation, and biblical community.

God’s Answers

From Psalm 32:8:  “I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.”

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Facing today’s darkness

Tomorrow’s light, shrouded

Uncertainty gathers

God’s answers, unclouded

 

Teaching His righteous ways

Mercy shared from above

Molded by potter’s hands

God’s faithful, steadfast love

 

Filling future with hope

Spirit, faith’s anchorman

Welfare’s future promised

God’s always fruitful plan

 

Strengthening character

Darkness fades into light

Heavens eternal voice

God raises faith’s White Knight

 

Offering redemption

Calvary opens heart

Grace from living waters

Christ blesses new life’s start

 

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From Jeremiah 29:11:  “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”

From My Journal (11/17)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

As we walk with the Lord, His light illuminates His righteous path for us to follow.

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 November 17)