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Devotions from Judy’s heart One day I was at a meeting and it was so cold in the place. After about 2 hours, I couldn’t wait to leave the 4 walls and get to my car that had been sitting in the sun. The hot car felt wonderful and when I got home I wrapped…
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To be trully human and fully alive involves enormous vulnerability and risk. It is a journey into maturity. Most men choose the bondage of addiction over the anxiety and freedom that comes with being fully alive, fully awake and fully aware. David Benner has pointed out that “the primary function of any addiction is to numb and desensitize. Task…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart I was reading from Ps. 16 today which is one of my favorites. Verse 8 says, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you are to go: I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” How open are we to God’s instruction through out our day? Sometimes…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart I was reading from Jer. 29:11: I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” I began to wonder just how God’s blueprint for our lives might look. He has a perfect plan…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart I just got back from the Point where I wrote letters while sitting by the lake with my feet in the water. It is a beautiful day without one cloud in the sky and the water was still and quiet except for a few fish that jumped up. I took water…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart Today I read from Mark 6:50 and the words just jumped out at me: “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” The disciples were on the sea in a terrible wind somewhere between 3 and 6 am. They must have been frightfully scared and then Jesus shows up. I…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart Today I read for my devotions from Isaiah 26:3, “You keep Him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” I thought of how important it is to keep our focus and mind on the Lord. Even though we may be busy with many things,…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart It is such a blessing to have mentors on our journey to help keep us on the path and point us to the Lord. As I shared yesterday about Line Dancing and keeping my focus, there are times that I need to look at those around me to help me get…
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The novelist Walker Percy once observed, “To live in the past and future is easy. To live in the present is like threading a needle.” Think about that statement for a moment. We might think that living with the pain and regret of the past or the uncertainty and fear of the future is our greatest…
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Devotions from Judy’s heart Isn’t it easy to do things half heartedly and just enough to get by? As I read from Ps. 119:10 “With my whole heart I will seek you”, I thought of what it means to be whole hearted. When we are in a group we can easily enter in enough to…