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The Friend Blessing*
My best friend is not a lot like me. She’s the oldest in her family; I’m the baby in mine. She always wanted kids; I never even liked baby-sitting. She is a focused, career-oriented woman; I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up. She doesn’t like Shakespeare; I think he…
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Dear God…
I feel tired today, God. The tired that will never be erased by a nap or a good night’s rest. The tired that just sits in my heart and sends waves of weariness through my veins. Tired of snowy weather. Tired of the same old job. Tired of waiting for answers. Tired of loving the…
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On the Path
I have left Your tomb and mine also having found it empty walking now alone confused and wondering if all You spoke was true it had to be it has to be You have to be… from a place unknown a stranger approaches so sad I almost walk by “My dear, why are you crying,…
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At the Foot of Your Cross
I have stayed at the foot of Your cross every moment since first I found You. There, I feel worthy, understood, accepted, there at the foot of Your cross. The dark shadow of death it carries has covered a lifetime of struggle produced a blanket for my pain nursed the broken child within. The humiliation…
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On the Eve of Your Death, You Pray**
On the eve of Your torture and death, my Lord, You pray for me. You pray for all the world in fact… …sight unseen Your heart already knows how much we need Your prayer, Your heart already loves despite our lack of care. It is a far-off reach for me to comprehend Your mercy Your…
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Do You Know Him?
While all four canonical Gospels have varying descriptions of the events of Holy Week, including the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, they all report* that during “The Last Supper” Jesus predicts that Peter will deny knowing Him three times before the night ends. The verses are eerily similar, especially noting that the denial will occur…
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Love As I Have Loved
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 (NIV) In the Gospel of John, chapters 13 through 17 are known as “The Farewell Discourse.” The scene…
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Entering Holy Week
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” – Matthew 26:39 (NIV) As I look upon the holiest week of the year, my heart bursts with gratitude…
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Keep Seeking
Keep seeking Keep seeking Look Look to Him and He will reveal when He is ready and knows you are ready Look to Him Look Keep seeking Keep seeking
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Your Descent
In the mastery of the pure, white, fluffy snow that descends, You comfort me with Your blanket of presence. Anxiety fades calmness invades the Message relayed; You come again and again as You did in the beginning of the end. Your form ever-changing yet always descending for You know the fall must forever be Yours;…
Jessica L. Morris
The seeking is everything…
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