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Moon-eyed over God . . .

Moon-eyed over God . . .

Daddy was a firefighter. During his career, he earned his arson certification, which made him a certified police officer as well. So I guess you could say he was a hero times two. Add in his days in the army, and well, I think Dad qualified as a full-blown superhero. That said, I didn’t really […]

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Saying “Thank You”

Saying "Thank You"

My daughter is one of the most thankful people I’ve ever known. When she was quite small, any time someone gave her even a tiny gift, she’d pour out her thanks to them over and over. She’d gush and rave about how much she loved the gift, how she couldn’t believe they’d done that for […]

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Watch your tongue!

Watch your tongue!

Hello friends! Today is the first post in the “Lessons from Daddy’s Bible” category. I love this Bible, because my father gave it to me about two weeks before he died. He didn’t leave it to me; he gave it to me. Insisted that I take it right that minute and put it in my […]

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Daddy

Daddy

Hi Friends. Thank you so much for all your prayers for my dad during his battle with carcinoid cancer. For those of you who don’t already know, Dad moved from his earthly life to his eternal one on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 3 p.m. Same time of day that Jesus died. A couple of […]

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Jonah 4:6 – 8 God’s First Priority

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Jonah 4:6 – 8 “Then the LORD God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine. But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered. When […]

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Jonah 4:4-5 How to Deal with an Angry Person

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Jonah 4:4-5 “But the Lord replied, ‘Have you any right to be angry?’ Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.“ Jonah must have been pretty mad, alright. I mean, […]

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Jonah 4:3 When You Feel Like Giving Up

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Jonah 4:3 “Now, O Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.” Have you ever had a really bad day? How about a bad week, or month, or even year? Perhaps your whole life seems to be going down the tubes. Well, that’s the kind of frustration […]

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Jonah 4:2: When God Doesn’t Make Sense

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Jonah 4:2 “He prayed to the Lord, ‘O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending […]

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Jonah 4:1 Angry at God

Angry Girl!

Jonah 4:1 “But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry.” Have you ever been seething, boiling angry? I’m not talking about a little miffed. I’m talking about the kind of angry where you feel you will explode, the kind of angry where you want to hit someone or destroy something. That’s the kind of anger […]

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Jonah 3:10 Does God Change His Mind?

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Jonah 3:10 “When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.” NLT “It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.” That old adage has been my defense for many an indecisive moment […]

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