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When you’ve exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.
From Mark 9:23: “Jesus said, ‘If you are able! All things can be done for the one who believes.'”
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Learning, God’s Way
From 1 Thessalonians 4:1: “Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.”
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God blesses us with opportunities to learn
Viewing our sinful ways, brings Him concern
Our Lord assembles His flock to learn His law
Witnessing our errant behavior with many flaws
We are encouraged to learn about God’s Word
Humbling ourselves, embracing faith now stirred
God creates each of us with simple, blessed minds
Acquiring wisdom from His Word, we gladly find
Wayward hearts and lost souls run to seek God
Taking time to learn His righteousness, all nod
Pursuing life’s errant ways, lost will be one’s fate
Our heavenly Father gathers many on this date
Our Lord delivers honest and equal justice for all
Learning to contribute good for others, is our call
God possesses sovereignty over all things
Conveying His message, truth will ring
We learn about Christ, His righteous ways
Staying with us to the end of our long day
Christ brings forward promises to be kind
Praying each day for mercy from His mind
Christ teaches at the temple, seeing God’s way
Bringing forward His Father’s Words, to say
Christ learns obedience, His Father knows
Taking our sins to a bloody Cross, He goes
Step forward and accept our Lord and Savior
Learning a new way, praise God’s selfless favor
God’s Word encourages us to listen and learn
Calling out to sinners, all of us stop and turn
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Season to Season
From Ecclesiastes 3:1: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
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Life’s journey moves into another season
Advancing time, with its definite reasons
Memories of seasons, they forever last
Recalling God’s creation, from seasons past
Life renews each and every spring
Arriving now, robins begin to sing
Harsh, dark winter—absent for good
Sending nourishing rains, because God could
Spring’s greenery gives way to summer
Seeing color-filled blossoms, never a bummer
Gardens filling with color and shapes
Maturing crops, waiting for harvest’s date
With summer’s waning days, autumn arrives
Changing colors, bring another fall alive
Maples, oaks, and others astound us
Feeling cooler temperatures, without any fuss
Autumn exits too soon, winter approaches
Bundling up, frigid cold boldly encroaches
Snow deepens from another Arctic blast
Asking, how long will winter last?
God guides lives through each season
Bringing hope, never question His reason
Eventually, another season arrives once again
Witnessing God’s creation, He decides when
Each season fuels life’s humble needs
Living with God, offering glorious deeds
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Max Lucado Quote
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There are times when to speak is to violate the moment–when silence represents the highest respect. The word for such times is reverence.
From Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted in the earth.”
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The Bible is a Christian’s guidebook, and I believe the knowledge it sheds on pain and suffering is the great antidote to fear for suffering people. Knowledge can dissolve fear as light destroys darkness.
From 2 Timothy 3:16-17: “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.
Haiku Series #20 (With God)
Lost
Lost in the darkness
God, please be with me always—
He lights a new way
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Me
Long before I was born
God already knew about me—
He made me His own
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Love
A life shattered, lost
Feeling refreshing waters—
Transformed by God’s love
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Rick Warren Quote
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During my days of deepest grief, in all of my shock, sorrow, and struggle, I sat at the feet of God. I literally spent hours each day reading God’s Word, meditating on Scripture, and praying. I intentionally spent a significant amount of time being still before God.
From Psalm 23:1-4: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters; He restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff–they comfort me.”
Maya Angelou Quote
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I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.
From Matthew 5:1-12: “When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. Then He began to speak, and taught them, saying:”
- Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
- Blessed for those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
- Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
- Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on My account.
- Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Oswald Chambers Quote
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The Rock of Ages is the great sheltering encirclement.
From 2 Samuel 22:2-3: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation; my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.
Thirsty for Living Water
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Like deer at a flowing stream
I wake thirsty from a dream
Tears feed me, night and day
“Where is your God?” people say
My spirit is cast down low
God’s faithful, trusty love, He shows
Nightly, Psalms sing to my heart
Praying for my life to restart
My flesh cries out in thirst
God’s love will always arrive first
In the middle of dry land
His love extends from His hand
Sometimes life brings bitterness to drink
Thirsty like parched land, I think
The Gospel brings forward good news
Living water quenches, like morning dew
The Enemy taunts me once more
“Where is your God?” he implores
He has left and forsaken you
Your tiny life should be through
Glory of God fills the streams
Desert sands become pools, no dream
Grass thickens across the vast plains
Springs arise, thirst never to wane
Jesus, the Lamb, shepherds me now
Providing living water, kneel and bow
Come, take this water of life
Receiving God’s grace, without any strife
Waking in the darkness of night
Thirsty for God’s message of might
Making water flow from a stone
Split open by God’s blessed tone
The Enemy’s spirit no longer swarms
Thirst for righteousness, defeats any storms
All who thirst, seek God’s altar
Holy Spirit’s living water, never falters
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