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These two crack me up! Saturday she injured her knee and leg at a trampoline park, so please pray for quick healing for this one. March 5 God created laugher and it is so healthy!  Helpguide. com has this to say about laughter: "Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease. Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and convening temporarily relieve pain." And it's free! " On your feet now-applaud God!  Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence."   Psalm 100:1-2  I've read several articles related to the fact that laughter is contagious.  I've seen some pretty funny videos as well and found myself acquiring a wide grin if not outright laughter.  Supposedly, in the premotor cortical region of the brain is an area that preps facial musc...

March 2 Well, I left a man at the grocery store speechless.  All the large carts were lined up on the left, but then to the right was a long narrow passage to retrieve a small cart. It was quite challenging to get a small cart out.  A man walked up behind me as I was taking this picture and he said, "I hope you are emailing that to the manager, this is ridiculous."  We laughed it was taking longer to get a small cart out than it would to grab the groceries we wanted. I explained that I was not taking the photo to send to the manager, but that it was an excellent reminder that narrow is the gate to heaven and very few will be getting in.  He had absolutely no clue how to respond, but I bet he will think about that every time he sees grocery carts! " Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.  For the gate is small and the way is narrow tha...

March 1 As I typed in March, I thought...God gives us marching orders everyday! Are you ever digging into God's Word and just go WOW!  Have no clue what led me into Ephesians 6, but it was on a day that the Devil's darts were flying and the Message translation was right on target for me!  Before we dig in let's set the tone with these two songs by Mandisa. Overcomer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z29olPjFbqg Stronger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrcIN54E7Kk This passage is lengthy but God has something in it specifically for each of us in these words of wisdom Paul wants to pass along. Praying right now that you will be filled up and ready to fight to the finish of this journey called life! " And that about wraps it up.  God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Dev...

These daffodils are ready and waiting to burst forth and give God glory! February 28 I'm laughing. While working on this devotional earlier in the week, our alarm went off.  It said "error" "reset."  Then I looked at the clock and realized it was time to leave for church and I was still in my bathrobe and needed to get READY !  I needed to reset my morning and heed that signal! " Moses answered the people, 'Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.  The Egyptians you see today you will never see again."  Exodus 14:13 Yet, being led into the Rea Sea seemed more like a death trap than a form of deliverance. Are we ready to reset to trust mode and follow wherever God leads? Are we ready to follow to the point of death, like Christ, knowing where that leads? "So you also must be ready , because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. " Matt...

February 27 Recently, I read Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth's book Adorned.  It is a study of Titus 2 and the importance of older women passing on wisdom and godly teaching to younger women.  It's full of "To Be's" Nancy says, "Our calling is to make His love and His truth visible, believable, and beautiful to skeptical observers.  We are to showcase the loveliness of Christ...To be adorned with another's love is to develop a greater capacity to reflect love and beauty to others." Now that's an awesome calling.  It's an "out of this world" reference point.  Oh, that we might develop minds that see life from God's perspective. " Let us rejoice and exalt, and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine line, bright and pure." Revelation 19:7-8 💗Today's Biblegateway love verse " Dear children, le...

The end of April these two will be getting a baby brother. February 23 Siblings!  Life can be a lot with them! A lot of joy, a lot of love, a lot of reliability, yet also a lot of jealousy and jostling for position.  It's been that way from the beginning of time. Hebrews 13:1 says, " Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters."   Hmm. Like Cain and Abel? " The Lord said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.'" Genesis 4:10 Like Jacob and Esau? " Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him.  He said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.'" Genesis 27:41 Like Joseph's brothers? " Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more." Genesis 37:5 The New Testament is more encouraging where we see brothers called to...

This is artwork from our youngest son...23 years ago! I still pull it out every winter! February 22 Where did our snow go?  We were in Florida and missed the little one in January.   Feeling a little cheated, yet I must confess I'm enjoying these 80 degree temps in February.  A girlfriend said the other day, "Winter is not over!" There's an anonymously written poem called "Whatever the Weather." "Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be not,   Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot.   We'll weather the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not."  Monday we received a call from a neighbor friend from our past who had moved to the Fort Lauderdale area. Heart broken he told us his wife had been battling colon and pancreatic cancer, which took her life way too soon.  He said, "Boo, Pam asked me to call you with this news.  She has died. She was an amazing Christian to the end. You w...