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September
God Bless America
God bless America
Native and True
The hopeful red, white and blue.
God bless America
I truly love you and all you represent—
Peace, Love and Unity for every man.
Common or not—we each are given equal opportunity for Life, Love and Liberty.
God bless America and her soil.
God bless America and every soldier who has been sent to foreign lands.
Guide her path, Father, guide her strong—
Better days ahead for her, her future bright and long.
God bless America and grant her
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July
Dive Deep
“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.”
~Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
It has been located within the deepest trials of my life that I have been given the gorgeous opportunity to see every line and angle and the marvelous structure of the Almighty’s face. We don’t want the trials, but we wouldn’t get so close to our Lord without them. No one likes to struggle or suffer, but if we harness it and treat it like a sort of gift,
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June
New Covers
There is a sweet victory that accompanies friendship with a Mighty Savior, the king of Kings. He has a way of clearing the smoke or dust cloud the Enemy has made and He settles in. He settles in deep and you can feel the weight of His Presence.
I happen to be one who loves covers. You know, like on your bed or a throw blanket? I like, even in summer, to be able to feel the weight of the blankets on me. I like it a little bit heavy. If
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February
Big, Bright and Beautiful
Dream for bigger.
Believe for bigger.
Know that God made you for bigger.
Nobody else’s blessing is greater than yours. Why? Because it’s yours. That alone makes it special.
It’s my prayer that you might realize your dreams and I might share the joy of invigorating your tenacity to step out and employ every opportunity to live your best life. If you do it right, you will be blessing and helping others along the way. Sometimes the best way to helping others is to understand that your story and your life truly is not
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February
Bountiful Treasure
Bountiful 🎉
The Touch of your hand makes me glow.
The Touch of your hand makes me whole.
You, alone, satisfy the soul.
You are not a far off or dusty wasteland.
You drench me is Goodness.
You quiet my soul.
I am never left forlorn when I know your will and way is to walk beside me, O, Ancient of Days.
You satisfy me.
You curb my appetite for lesser things.
What a Joy and delight to know that as this New Year rings you are there to carry me across the threshold from the old to the new…just
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January
Delivered
I have five children, but was only able to deliver the first one naturally. My second child I was enduced having not gone into labor on my own so a petosin drip line was given to me and then the doctor said, “let’s wait and see”.
Many hours later I should have been ready to deliver, all the signs lined up and I was “ready”. But something wasn’t right.
My son had trouble getting in the correct position to deliver the entire pregnancy. At one point during the
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December
Mantras
My Mantra…
I’m one of those silly people who believe God has no shortage of blessings. He has plenty to go round. I know the more He blesses you, has no relevance on the blessings He has for another.
So it is, the more you are abundantly blessed, in no way diminishes anything He plans for me and vice versa.
God doesn’t really have any resource issues or privilege program. He’s quite generous, actually. He’s just amazing and awesome to everyone who wants more of HIM.
Is that you? Do you crave Him? Heart
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November
Big Dogs
Ever had somebody think you were mad at them when you weren’t? It can be frustrating to convince someone who has decided in their heart and are sure of a non fact.
But don’t we all do this to God over and over again? Don’t we betray our own heart and fail to show ourselves kindness because we expect the worse case scenario to unfold?
We place our expectations of the future on our experiences of the past. What a horrible mask the enemy has dealt to corrupt God’s Good
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June
Peniel
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17
Jacob wrestled with God. He came face to face with His Maker and yet his life was spared. It was there that God gave him a new name, Israel, and he was never the same.
How about you? Are you calling yourself by an old name, old expectations of old habits never to change? Don’t let it be so! God has spoken