Journey Updates
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Learning new lessons all the time <3
Once again, time is precious but I want to share a thought gleaned from last night. As usual, there were multiple events going on and I got to attend Caroline’s softball game with her. Thankfully her field last night was nestled by a tall expanse of trees that blocked the sun from beating down on…
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Rain, rain, and then….
We have had an abundance of rain here on the prairie this past month. There have been storms galore and days when it poured and even surprise showers in the night when I would wake and wonder what the sound of running water was. The plants are loving it. Our flowers and yard have never…
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Shout out for a new small business <3
I love to promote small businesses and we visited a new one in downtown Bloomington yesterday. It is located on the square where they hold the Farmer’s Market on Saturdays so I thought I would post about it in case any of you local people are looking for a nice way to spend a Saturday…
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Carrying one another’s burdens….even ones we don’t know well…<3
As I type, Russ is running a game of UNO in the background. Joel is making some kind of repetitive noise with different word phrases that sound like some kind of old oyster might sound on SpongeBob Squarepants. Graham is diverting comments from Joel to Russ to Caroline to Lucy the dog and Caroline is…
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When a favorite Psalm turns on you…
I hope you had a good weekend. We celebrated Caroline’s 9th birthday and Father’s Day. We also took some doggy treats to Lucy for her birthday that happened on Friday. The mantel is full of cards here for our anniversary and Russ’s birthday. June is kind of like Christmas around here with all the celebrations….
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A pondering from this morning’s quiet time <3
In my devotions this morning I read a familiar passage about a time in King David’s life when God said a hard no. A merciful and generous “no” … but still… a hard one. Having taught multiple lessons from David’s life and from quite a few years of reading through the Bible plus sermons, teachings…
