Author: everfaith

I am a homeschooling mom who enjoys reading, writing, gabbing, photography, desktop publishing, and letting someone else do the cooking. I love my Superman husband, precious daughter, 2 dogs, my neighbor (that means you!) and Jesus.
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Joshua 1-4: Another display of God’s glory

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Children in Sunday schools across the land hear early and often about the Exodus.  They hear about the miraculous parting of the Red Sea.  They aren’t alone. The people east of the Jordan River had also heard rumors of the powerful God leading the nation of Israel, and they were terrified.  What would such a God do to them? Then, the Lord caused the waters of the Jordan River — in flood stage in spring — to pile up at one end, leaving a riverbed for the people to cross.  This picture of the Jordan River in the springtime shows … Continue reading Joshua 1-4: Another display of God’s glory

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Deuteronomy 32-34; Psalm 91: Dealing with Anxiety

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The end of Deuteronomy…the blessings pronounced by Moses on the people of Israel…and one of my favorite psalms. I’ve been in a funk this past week.  There is no other way to describe it except that I’m like the little boy on Peanuts who always had a cloud hanging over his head.  The health care vote did not help my state of mind.  Neither did a passage I came across in a Christian book about anxiety that said that panic attacks are sinful.  Obviously, the person who wrote the book has never experienced one or he would know that they … Continue reading Deuteronomy 32-34; Psalm 91: Dealing with Anxiety

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Deuteronomy 30-31: The Word

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11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. These … Continue reading Deuteronomy 30-31: The Word

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Deuteronomy 28-29: The Secrets

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29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law. Such sweeping contrasts of blessings and curses I have never seen before!  The beautiful blessings promised by the Lord for those who keep his commands — and the exact opposite curses promised by the Lord for those who go their own way…who follow after other gods are illustrated in great detail in these two chapters. But this last verse — the one about the secret things belonging to … Continue reading Deuteronomy 28-29: The Secrets

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Departure for a Moment

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I’m taking a departure from my daily Bible Reading Challenge blog for a quick moment. The dreary scene outside my window matches the plodding of my heart.  I feel the cold creeping through the windowsills, winding its way around my toes as it shoots tendrils of chilly dampness up into my heart. Yes, it’s the Texas Yo-Yo weather.  If I knew how to capture a screen shot on my phone, I would have done so yesterday evening.  The weather channel update for my area showed the current temperature of 69 degrees.  Directly underneath, in bold letters against a red background, … Continue reading Departure for a Moment