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A Book To Be Written

The color of the sky is the color of the gray waist-high headstones that surround me in all directions. I wrap my arm around my mother’s thin frame and clasp …

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His Eye Is on the Sparrow

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

Ardent Devotion

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

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The Gift of Femininity

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

Lessons of the Sea

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

The Gift of Encouragement

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

Let Us See Jesus and Him Only

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

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Portals of Time

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

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Creavit Enim Ut (Created for a purpose)

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

Safe Am I, Safe Am I

Elizabeth RoyAs seasons of life change, Elizabeth happily remains desperately dependent upon her God. Three of her four children have now branched off to begin their own families. She is …

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For Him

For Him. Am I willing to carry this pain for Him? Am I willing to lay my dreams aside for Him? Am I willing to suffer loneliness for Him? Am …

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Using Your Talents

A new year, a fresh slate, like a blanket of newly-fallen snow, this pure, unscathed year lays before us. Live, my friend, live!

Seeking to Grow in Wisdom

Expand your influence, sweeten the fragrance of your life, and be prepared to handle the inevitable strains of life by strengthening your heart and mind.

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The True Normal Life

His presence is ever near. We are so easily deceived when we feel we have some private place set apart from God.

Shhhhh!

Trying to come out from underneath the negative onslaught, knowing truth is within and is trying to be heard amongst the din.

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A Very Lovely Accident

Is snow just a winter decoration? Or does it sit on mountain tops waiting for the warm springs to melt it into rains needed for the streams and farms below? A very lovely accident.

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A Date with The Judge

As I sat in the courtroom for several hours, with a murderer facing me just 25 feet from my chair, I had much to ponder.

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Worship and Its Many Forms in Our Life

As we ascribe value to our God by sacrificing our time, attention, concentration, and praise to Him, we are in turn strengthened with the confidence and full assurance of His power and His working in our life.

A Tender Reminder

Impressions are made in the small parts of our day. It is not in grand spaces of time with large noticeable stamps that these engravings are formed.

Is It Real To You?

Like a child letting go of her father’s hand while perched upon the balance beam, there is that exciting, fearful, anticipatory feeling knowing all must be well because my father stands so near, yet knowing that my feeble legs must take that first step, knowing all too well the paralyzing nature of fear.