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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Feeding the sheep

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Luke 24; John 20-21 Competition is on my mind tonight.  A close reading of John 20 and 21 uncovers a competitive streak running between John and Peter, at least in John’s eyes. …John is careful to say not once, but twice, that when he and Peter raced to the tomb to see if the women were correct about it being empty, he (John), got there first.  Apparently winning the footrace was important to him! …John records Peter’s conversation with Jesus after he appeared to them while they were fishing.  In his account, Peter looked back at John and asked Jesus … Continue reading Feeding the sheep

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Looking for the message

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Matthew 28; Mark 16 Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jesus, and a woman named Salome bought spices to anoint Jesus’ body.  I wonder about Salome.  Who was she?  I also wonder about the conflicting emotions that must have seized their hearts when they learned Jesus had risen…when they tried to tell the news to everyone, but no one believed them…why?  Because they were women?  Possibly.  These people saw Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead after four days…did they not believe that Jesus would also rise? My pain level is better tonight than last night.  It was a rough one. … Continue reading Looking for the message

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My Girl

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Each day that passes, I grow more and more aware of how quickly my little girl is growing up.  We will celebrate her twelfth birthday soon — I am both thrilled and forlorn at the passage of time. The doctor gave me a different electrode configuration for my pain today, and it seemed to work.  Either that, or the pain is passing anyway.  So I was able to get up off the heating pad and help my daughter get ready for her acting debut.  Tonight she will be portraying Queen Esther in a performance at church — a role for … Continue reading My Girl

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The torn curtain

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Matthew 27, Mark 15 Both of these crucifixion accounts tell of the curtain in the temple being torn in two, earthquakes and other frightening events happening at the moment of Jesus’ death.  But Matthew says that people who had died who were holy came out of their graves and appeared to many people.  They were resurrected! How did I miss that all these years of reading the gospel accounts?  I guess this just proves that no matter how many times you read the Bible, God always reveals more and more to you, bit by bit. I’m so glad that the … Continue reading The torn curtain