Tag: Week 2 // Wednesday

Go Again and Love

And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”- Hosea 3:1 Poor Hosea received another command from the

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Brave to Obey God

He’s twelve and a half. Not a young boy anymore, and not even close to a man. Stuck in that limbo of life, often riding a swinging pendulum back and forth to each side as he waits – not so patiently – for his mind and body to mature. He’s independent and inquisitive in

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See the Word Become Flesh

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 When we read Genesis 1:1 we see Elohim in action. The plural of this name of God shows us

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God Carries Me

The last time I traveled to Europe, I suffered such culture shock, a deep yearning for home I never could have imagined, and a sense of feeling so small and lost that I promised myself I would never go back for work. (I left the door open for expensive vacations

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The Drastic Actions Of God

Jonah 2 is the famous part of Jonah’s story where he gets swallowed by a great fish. It is while he is in this smelly belly that Jonah cries out to the Lord. Put yourself in his shoes for a minute. He has been thrown overboard, which in and of

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Sheltered Under His Wings

This weekend, I rolled down my window at a red light and tried to speak God’s kindness to a homeless pregnant woman who was panhandling for money. I felt the crushing pain of her desperation in her bitter response. I can’t stop thinking about her. As I offered her hope

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The Lie of Guilt and Shame

One of the heaviest burdens a woman will ever carry is guilt. Most of us who know the weight of guilt and shame. Sometimes it is because of something we have done and other times it is because of something others have done to us.  How often have you done

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Living to Please God

“For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God…”  1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 They were an audience held captive in

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The Sin of Partiality

My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. – James 2:1 We stand tall and are quick to deny it. It could never be us. Favoritism.  Prejudice.  Discrimination. “Surely not me,” we whisper under our breaths as we nervously shift, fidget,

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From Everlasting to Everlasting

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. – Psalm 90:2 Before our planet became Earth, it did not resemble Earth at all. But Jesus was already God. Before God separated light from darkness, our planet was “formless

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