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Bred for Success: God’s Design
I had done my homework in researching breeds (I wanted something more protective than our aging Lab.), so I was only mildly concerned when our vet tech said, “From retrievers to a Belgian Mal? Brave girl!” That concern grew when my husband’s co-worker sent him pictures of Mals wreaking havoc in a million different ways.…
Read More Capture the Moment
Memories. We do our best to capture the moment. Graduations. Weddings. Births. We collect programs, photos, and party favors. Momentos of milestones. Remembering is a good idea. God chose everything from feasts to memorials to help His kids remember. Remember what? His goodness. His faithfulness. His provision. Moses challenges us to remember, “Only be careful, and…
Read More Lavish, Darling
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1 NIV) Lavish. Extravagant. Where did we get the idea God is chintzy? Stingy? Withholding? Actually the idea came from the enemy (see Genesis 3), but that’s a different blog post.…
Read More Heroes, Villains, and Overcoming
Conflict. It’s essential in fiction. Sherlock needs Moriarty. Batman needs the Joker. Wesley needs Prince Humperdinck. Without conflict, our hero remains—ordinary. Gandalf still wears gray. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy remain in England. Harry Potter grows up without that scar. Many question God regarding evil—why He permits it. Why did He create Satan when He…
Read More Don’t Go Dark
I was doing some memory work in Romans 1 when the phrase “suppress the truth” grabbed my attention. To suppress means to end, to stop something by force. Do you watch the news? This happens to God’s truth daily. While some actively suppress the truth—not only the truth of God’s existence, but the existence of…
Read More Callused, Not Calloused
Runners’ feet. They’re not pretty. I lost eight toenails after my first marathon. I go in for the occasional pedicure. But, I don’t let them touch my calluses. Those hard spots of toughened skin protect my toes from the constant pounding of running. Without my calluses, I start over. Blood blisters and all. Calluses form…
Read More Chosen
You are chosen. Not like kids picking sides for kickball at recess. Chosen by His good pleasure. Like it or not, God is selective. Ephesians 1:4-5 (NIV) tells us about our choosing, “For he [God] chose us in him [Christ] before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his [God’s] sight.…
Read More Ask the Trainer
Workout for the Week: Ask the Trainer Memory Verse: “ Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:8-9 (NIV) Meditation Passage: Matthew…
Read More How to Train According to the Heart
Workout for the Week: How to Train According to the Heart Memory Verse: Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV) “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Meditation Passage: Romans 8:5-14 Key Thought: I must train…
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