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Sometimes Being Love Means Keeping My Mouth Shut
Being love through the lens of Psalm 4. I’ve fallen in love with Psalm 4. I was originally drawn to it because of verse 8, but recently the entire Psalm has hit me in different ways. Especially this past week, when my work and personal email inboxes hit me like a storm. I was coming…
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Swedish Fish
Originally posted by The Round Farmhouse Ministries on Friday, January 17, 2025 “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night” Psalm 1:2 (ESV). I love running distance, but last summer I noticed my long-distance runs were getting difficult to complete. I lost energy and…
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I Can Have Hope
As posted by The Round Farmhouse on October 9, 2024 as part of a study of Romans. “Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” Romans 5:3-4 ESV During 2020 I started keeping index cards with scripture on my kitchen counter.…
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Where Obstacles Lie
Thankful to be published on The Round Farmhouse on 9/19/24. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” Hebrews 12:1 ESV I’ve become a runner.…
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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…