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I’m sure many of you like to watch Super Bowl ads. As I watched the ads this year to see what they might be telling us about the condition of the male soul in our culture, I have to say that I was disappointed. I thought there was more sexualized content than in previous years…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart When we arrived at Kurt’s Sunday we are usually greeted outside as the kids are watching and waiting. But this time we didn’t see a soul and it looked like no one was home. I opened the garage door and we unloaded the car and were going upstairs when all of…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart As we are traveling, I am reading a book by Dawn Miller called, “Promiseland”. She is the Laura Ingalls Wilder of our century. One story had to do with a woman who made a memory-quilt from pieces of scrap materials of various parts of her life. ….some good like her childhood,…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart Have you heard someone going through hard times say, “Why me?” I don’t suppose any of us like to suffer trials. But we are told to share in sufferings as a good soldier of Christ. ( II Tim. 2:31) and further on in 3:12 it promises us we will suffer. “Indeed…
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I noticed a most unusual sight as I watered my plants today. I have a 4 tier plant stand and a plant on the second level has also planted part of itself in the soil of the pot on the 4th level. It is trying to take over not only it’s own pot but that…
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The heading of my blog today might seem confusing and even counterintuitve to men. This confusion is in large measure due to our not being taught nor shown a way of living in the second half of life. It is similar to a man who has had a successful first half of life, assuming that the second half will be the…
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! Devotions from Judy’s heart A couple nights ago Al’s cell phone not only went through the wash but was in the dryer for a short time before it was caught. I remembered hearing about putting wet cell phones in rice and went on line to find out exactly how to do it. It sat…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart I just came back from my prayer walk and noticed my uncle’s road is open and plowed. Last week when it snowed I didn’t venture up his road as I didn’t know how deep the snow cover was. But now his road looks like an open invitation to enter. It made…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart “It’s me, It’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. Not my brother, not my sister but me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.” I remember that song as a young girl but the older I get the more I realize how much I need…
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. Devotions from Judy’s heart Yesterday I went for my prayer walk and it was rather brisk out. But every now and then the sun would peek through and I had such a sense of God’s presence with me as I walked. The sun was brilliant through the trees almost like fire. Today as I…