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Last week I received a visit while I was at work from a kind and generous lady. She brought me a beautiful hand written card and a bag of homemade baked goods from her and her family. When she arrived, I assumed that her gifts were for someone else in the office and not for
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Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28. A heaviness has weighed upon me, pushed me to the ground. The Lord desires to lift me up, but I must let Him. Do I desire this? When the words don’t come, I cry to You, O
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Persevere in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving; at the same time, pray for us too, that God may open a door to us for the word, to speak of the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison, that I may make it clear, as I must speak. Colossians 4:2. St. Paul
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A full moon shining orange with the light from the sun. Sunflowers turned to the sky with a bee buzzing nearby. Clear running streams with smooth rocks glistening as the water flows down the mountain. A dove’s cooing heard from above. The golden plains and yellow wildflower prairies that go on for miles. Endless fields
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The sunrise is later each day and the sunset is earlier each day, and I can feel the change of the seasons from summer to autumn. It ushers in a sense of routine and a turning towards the Lord. It is an invitation to fall back into exercises that seem to be different than the
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“Let there be light” and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness. Genesis 1:3-5 The Lord has been bringing light to me in the darkness. It is an awareness that God is always there, always listening, and always working in my life, in the
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The words of St. Teresa of Avila are so comforting in a time when darkness seems to be all around. Let nothing disturb you; Let nothing make you afraid; All things pass; But God is unchanging, patience is enough for everything. You who have God, lack nothing, God alone is sufficient. St. Teresa of Avila
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