Starved for Him

No longer will you they call you Deserted…But you will be called Hephzibah [my delight is in her]…as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.  Isa. 62:4-5
I am so starved for God’s attention, affection, and approval.  He is my source of Life.  When He smiles on me, my whole world is [...]

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Spring of the Soul

See!  The winter is past…flowers appear on the earth, the season of singing has come…the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.  Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.  SS 2:11-13
 
Last weekend I drove to Gatlinburg to meet a friend.  On the drive there, it was nice spending all that time alone in the [...]

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Gems in my Crown

For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? Indeed, you are our glory and joy.  1 Thes. 2:19
 
Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown…  Phil 4:1
 
Recently, God [...]

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Joy Promised

Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.  Psa. 126:5
 
I was feeling down all last week, struggling with many issues.  At the same time, I was also sick, which makes everything seem worse.  God gently carried me through it all, teaching me along the way, using my struggle to bring me closer [...]

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Life-Giving Spirit

[Jesus is] a life-giving Spirit.  1 Cor. 15:45
 

Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house…  Acts 2:2
 
All week last week, I had been trying to go for a drive with God.  I was so busy, but it finally worked out on Friday afternoon.  I wandered [...]

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A Protected Heart

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.  1 Pet. 5:7
 
One of the effects of God bringing me back to life is that He is teaching me to feel again.  For so many years of being hurt by life, I’d learned that it is better to close up and protect myself, to [...]

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A Testimony for my Classmates

Last week I wrote about God making me brave enough to want to write a testimony for my classmates at my upcoming high school reunion in November.  I put links on the reunion web pages to my Testimony page.  This is what it says:
When I was in high school, I did not believe that God [...]

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God Completes Me

[The woman] is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh…For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.  Gen. 2:23,24
 
Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing [...]

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God is Everything

I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and…I said to you, “Live!”  I made you grow like a plant of the field.  You grew up and developed and become the most beautiful of jewels…Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for [...]

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Miracle Watermelon

You were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.  I passed by you and saw you kicking about in your blood, and…I said to you, ‘Live!’  I made you grow like a plant in the field…I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant [...]

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