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Slipping
“When I thought,’My foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” Psalm 94:18-19 ESV The Bible doesn’t promise a care-free life. My foot will slip (and I literally slip more than I’d like to admit, and I never see it…
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I Am Sure
“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6 ESV Let’s take a closer look at this verse and ask ourselves four questions. 1. What does this verse say is true about God? 2. What does…
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Buds and Blooms
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV I love flowers. But I’ve found myself being more excited when I see flower buds than blooms because I know from experience what will happen: the bud grows and opens into a beautiful flower, looking nothing like it…
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The Desires of My Heart
This was posted on The Round Farmhouse Ministries blog on Tuesday, August 13th. So thankful to be writing as part of this month-long series about Proverbs. “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 ESV Whenever I read the word “desire” in Scripture my mind wanders…
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Why I Run
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” Psalm 139:14 ESV I’ve been writing about running quite a bit, so I thought I’d give a little backstory about why I run. Because I wasn’t always a runner. I was the kids who spent…
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No Control Here
“The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord established his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 ESV I’m not in control, and I like it. I’ve spent time trying to be in control, and so I know what I’m talking about. Sometimes I thought all of my planning and worrying were working, and they appeared…
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Tackling Hills
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4 ESV I live in a town aptly named for its terrain. I can’t run…
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Learning to Walk . . . Again
This was posted on The Round Farmhouse Ministries blog on Friday, July 5th. So thankful to be writing for another blog! “God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places.” Habakkuk 3:19a ESV A few months ago, I was finishing a run when…
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Be Aware
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” Psalm 19:1 ESV Last week I went for a run early on Tuesday morning. I decided to take a route past a nearby farm, and I was blessed through the quiet and the warmth of the sun mixed with the coolness…
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Being Still
“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 ESV Wow, what a week. Actually, what a month. It’s probably good I didn’t know what my May and June calendars would look like when I started my new job, because I would have hid myself in a hole and cried. Don’t get me wrong,…