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Dear Ones, Hope you have a delightful day! I am going to my exercise class and to crafts and to Bible Study today and in between I hope to do some organizing. Devotions from Judy’s heart Have you ever noticed how sometimes disappointments can turn into surprises in disguise? I had such an instance…
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Dear Ones, Hope you will have a wonderful day! I have Womens’ Bible study at church this morning and then friends coming for pie and coffee and fellowship this afternoon. Devotions from Judy’s heart As the New Year is here and the Christmas tree is put away etc., I like to do some deep…
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Both Cambridge and Merriam-Webster dictionaries have announced their Word of the Year for 2023. Cambridge chose “hallucinate” while Merriam-Webster gave the nod to “authentic.” Cambridge’s traditional definition of hallucinate has been “to seem to see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist.” It now includes “when an artificial intelligence (AI) hallucinates, it produces…
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Dear Ones, A glorious New Year to you! We didn’t make it to midnight and not even to the end of the Viking game as it was quite lopsided! Today I plan to go to my exercise class, do food prep and put our Christmas tree away etc. Devotions from Judy’s heart Happy New Year!! Hope…
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Dear Ones, Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Soon we will be entering a new year and may we prepare our hearts for all that God has for us. I plan to go to Aldi’s and clean the apartment and also write down some goals for the New Year. Devotions from Judy’s heart A…
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Dear Ones, Blessings on your weekend! Today we have two celebrations as we celebrate the birthdays of several friends here at Northern Lakes but also the celebration of life of one who was here since the beginning when Northern Lakes was built. We will miss him but comforted that he is celebrating in glory. Devotions…
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Dear Ones, Hope your Christmas was a time of joy! Our hearts are full as we had a wonderful time together with family. Today will be catch up and the house is already full of aroma as I started a meal in the oven. Devotions from Judy’s heart When I read the book, Forgive…
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Dear Ones, Hope your Christmas was full of joy. We are just home now from the cities where we stayed at a hotel 2 nights with almost 40 relatives. It was a wonderful time, and we all ate lots, shared much, played games, shopped, swam etc. The best thing was that my brother’s son, shared…
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Dear Ones, Happy Christmas morning. We will be packing up the car to go to the hotel in the cities for 2 days to be with a host of relatives (last year it was 40 plus!) We come from several states and have a feast for supper and then each family shares about the blessings…
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While worshiping on the first Sunday of Advent, I attentively listened to my pastor read from John 1:1-18 as I followed along in my CSB. I paid particular attention to John 1:5: “That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.” Afterwards I reread these familiar words of John’s gospel,…