Old testament
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Scouting
Numbers 13 How often do we, as humans spend scouting things out? I would argue that we are always scouting. We are constantly moving forward and if we are not moving forward, we are scouting out the present or the past or the future. We are all thinkers, making observations, conclusions, predictions, and judgements. So, Continue reading
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God’s Name for the Anxious
Gideon anxiously protected himself from danger. He threshed at night in order to save his wheat from the Midianites. (Bible story at the bottom of the page for reference). What do you do to protect yourself? Perhaps you overanalyze in order to prepare for bad things ahead. Maybe you over plan in order to keep Continue reading
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Fire Ramblings
Anyone else read verses like Isaiah 43:2 [When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned up] and laugh or cry (because you feel like the fire is burning you up)? I don’t think I ever read that verse and really believed it. In the midst of suffering I read that verse and Continue reading
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Laid Before You
“Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.” – Tolkien This sounds awfully like the Bible, does it not? Do not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself. Matthew Continue reading
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Differences are a Gift
Genesis 11:1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. Genesis 1:6-7 If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, than nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 