Psalms
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morewhen you are looking for His steadying hand
On Thursday, March 29 th, 2012That is what came at the end. At the end of the day, aft...
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moreSimply Stilled
On Thursday, June 23 rd, 2011Because the knowing Him on paper needs to lead to knowing Him in person. Because one is only onto superficiality. And the other alone onto salvation. :: :: He says, “Be still, and know that I am God…” ~ Psalm 46:10 :: :: :: ::
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moreJournaling as a Spiritual Discipline: An Act of Prayer
On Wednesday, June 24 th, 2009This is praying time, and the act of listening in prayer is the same act as listening in writing.” ~Madeleine L’Engle I read Scripture. I listen. I pray. I pick up pen. I listen. I pray. This writing becomes prayer, heart stretched right out, poems laid bare. One of my held-close, always-come-with-me journals is my Prayer-Poem J...
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Table Talk
On Wednesday, March 11 th, 2009We lay ours aside, the words that normally fill our mouths, and sit around the table, slipping our forks under squash from our dirt, meat from our barns, and we offer each other words, living out words of the Psalmist. “God raised the sun today!” Hope grins, lighting. “I don’t hurt anywhere.” Levi looks up from his plate, fingers curled around fork. His scars curl too...
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moreSnapshots of Grace
On Thursday, February 26 th, 2009Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;his greatness no one can fathom. One generation will commend your works to another;they will tell of your mighty acts. They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works.” ~verses we’re reciting together around the ta...
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moreThe Lord enjoys to hear it…
On Wednesday, January 28 th, 2009Those thick Dutch fingers, farm worn and time-tested, have pecked again, one small key at a time, pressed send. Good morning, all, Yes checking how it is with you all, for the rest of the fam, if the chicken pox moved in. Its to be 81 f today, and cold again for the weekend. I have enjoyed all of you here, the singing hymns after the meals was so good, keep it up all of you. T...
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moreCome in from the Cold…
On Monday, November 24 th, 2008Winter winds blast and the Branch holds me and I forget not all His benefits, just, sadly, too many, when I was formed just for that, to bless the Lord, all that is within me, to bless His holy name. It is, but shouldn’t be hard, to remember the benefits of Him who is my good above all other ...
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moreInked in Green: Nature Table
On Wednesday, November 12 th, 2008“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.” ~Martin Luther So we go out and gather it all up…. and lay it on the old round table a parchment of His grace creation, unfurled to run our fingers across with all its textures and hues and God scrip...
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moreAll Decked Out
On Friday, June 13 th, 2008verses from Psalm 5, a morning Psalm…. “Listen, Yahweh! Pay attention!Can you make sense of these ramblings,my thunder-clap cries?King-god, I need your help. Every morningyou’ll hear me at it again.Every morningI lay out the pieces of my lifeon your altarand watch for fire to descend….I, your invited guest,am full of awe.I enter your hou...
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morePsalm in Pocket
On Saturday, April 19 th, 2008Visit “Of Poets and Saints” for the why of “The Psalm in my Pocket”…. “Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.’ ~ Psalm 95:1 The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken; he has called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, perfect in its beaut...
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Psalm in my Pocket
On Tuesday, April 15 th, 2008Visit “Of Poets and Saints” for the why of “The Psalm in my Pocket”…. “Let us come before his presence with thanksgivingand raise a loud shout to him with psalms.’ ~ Psalm 95:1 “To you I lift up my eyes,to you enthroned in the heavens. As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,and the eyes of a ...
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moreThe Psalm in my Pocket…
On Saturday, April 12 th, 2008Visit “Of Poets and Saints” for the why of “The Psalm in my Pocket”….Posting today’s Psalm in the Pocket…. Ps. 16:1, 5, 9-11 (MSG) “…O God, I’ve run for dear life to you. I say to God, “Be my Lord!” Without you, nothing makes sense…My choice is you, God, first and only… I’...
