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(Photo credit goes to Pixabay.com user Olzheim.) "Indeed He was ill and almost dead. But God helped him and me too, so that I would not have more sadness." --Philippians 2:27 Compassion is the word that comes to mind as I meditate on the above verse. Jesus cares. He cares about our sadness. He takes [...]
(Photo credit goes to Pixabay.com user pasja1000.) What are you passionate about? What compels or controls your actions? These are good questions to ponder. Our passions can tell us a lot about the state of our heart. According to Scripture, passion can be broken down into two categories: desires of the flesh (or worldly passion) [...]
My first thought was this: I don't surrender well. This isn’t entirely true. (I'm hard on myself.) I've been struggling, but I struggle just about as much as any other person does. I'm still moving forward. I've accepted Jesus and I appreciate surrender---that is, that Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth, and [...]
Word Press is acting up. Yesterday's post isn't showing on my blog, but I can get to it through the link I shared on Facebook. So here it is: https://pippispoetry.com/2020/06/18/__trashed-5/?fbclid=IwAR0Fk0pR4I3-n3Q0eXsqG1JkdFBUqzda3nCq9w-UdoNdkcDFmz-kxTYnR_I (Photo credit goes to Pixabay.com user aitoff)
A Google search can reveal a lot. However, it isn't always true. Nevertheless, this saying is true: don't believe everything you hear. I wanted to know who said knowledge is power. According to Wikipedia it is commonly attributed to Sir Frances Bacon, but there is no known occurrence of this exact phrase in his English [...]
On Thursday Morning I was a bit slow to rise. Ever been there? Ever felt so battle weary and discouraged that you struggle to rise to your feet? I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark that I'm not the only one. Nevertheless, here's a lovely bit of encouraging push: Those who trust [...]
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.C. S. Lewis I'm a huge C.S. Lewis fan. He had such a gift for putting brilliantly truthfilled insights into words. C.S. Lewis was a man who understood great grief. Ater the loss of his [...]
Alright, she's on light duty. She also needs to talk about herself in third person. It helps. It really does. Let me ask you how you're doing. I've been running a bit ragged myself. Nevertheless, they call this blessed. I have a poem to go with this. Are you surprised? No, neither am I. But [...]
I keep expressing that good things can come out of bad things. Perhaps I haven't expressed this on my blog. I'm uncertain. Nevertheless, it's about time that I proved it. It's no secret that I've really been struggling during this pandemic. I never realized how much impact those family gatherings had on my life. During [...]
Sharing burdens isn't always easy. There are certain people in my life that I'm willing to share things with in detail, while others I may give a short variation of the same story. Some may even find me very closed off. My walls go up immediately. Trust has a lot to do with how much [...]
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