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Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” (Psalm 118:5-6) Today I’m reading: Ephesians 1:11-22 Distressed? Sorrowful? Anxious? Fearful? Ashamed? If you’re a Christian, that is highly likely. Negative emotions often are seen as sinful and shameful. We resist them and we should certainly not allow them to control us. But some of us, myself included, have a tendency to stuff them down in the heart, resulting in more vague stress in an already go-go-go world. God wants us todayRead More →

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(Please forgive the interruption last week. In addition to the blog tour, I had to tend a sick husband and a sick me.) We bless you, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. We praise you because you have blessed us in Christ with spiritual blessings in High places. Such a rich inheritance you have given us. Feed our hearts, fill us with a deep abiding knowledge of these things. We thank you, God, for choosing us in Christ before the foundations of the world. Make us as holy as you have already made us blameless before you. Let us not forget thatRead More →

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I apologize that there will be no devotional/meditation today, as this marks the last day of the CSFF Tour of The Wolf of Tebron by C. S. Lakin (AMG) and I am finally done and ready to review. (And I don’t have the energy for two posts today.) The Wolf of Tebron introduces us to Jordan, er, Joran, the youngest son of woodcutters  (I think) who doesn’t really fit in with his family and is often made fun of. He gets in a jealous rage, believing his wife, Charris, has cheated on him, and sends her away back to her parents. Only she never arrives, whisked away by magic.Read More →

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When [Jesus] went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. Mark 6:34 Lord, we are weak, but you are strong. We thank you that you are a god of compassion, who loves us where we are, who goes out after us and brings us into your fold. We thank you for protecting us and teaching us many things. We thank you for feeding our souls and binding our wounds. You are good, and your mercy endures forever. Enable us to be like you today andRead More →

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If you’re looking for the CSFF Tour of The Wolf of Tebron by C. S. Lakin (AMG) I wanted to drop a quick note to say, yes, I have a new devotional series you nearly found posted today instead. Yes, I plan to post a review, too, but on Wednesday, since I’m still reading it. The going is a bit slower than I hoped. This time, when I review it, I will try not to unfairly nitpick the stopping the action cold for back story and a few, more subtle forms of telling that have me stopping to mentally edit. We’re not critiquing here, afterRead More →