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My Three Brides Week 26

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​ REFLECTION: "Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil." (Proverbs 4:25-27, ESV ). A DEEPER LOOK Read Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Romans 8:14 Luke 11:13 Luke 9:62 Romans 5:5 James 1:5 John 14:26 Ephesians 4:30 IMAGINE THIS We’d butt heads, My girls and I; they’d make me mad, I’d make them cry. Their many messes would make me sigh “Grow up already!” Then time did fly. One’d climb trees, she’d go way too high. One’d check the weather, before saying “Goodbye”. Soon one was driving, and me oh my, the things she’d hit…would make her lie! Too soon they were grown, no need now to try. But I wish it back…that time gone by. When o

Her Three Dollar Smile Week 25

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Photo Credit D. Kelly @ Grant Co., WV REFLECTION “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.  And what does the Lord require of you?  To act justly and  to love mercy and to walk humbly[a] with your God” (Micah 6:8, NIV). Question of the  day: How much is a genuine smile worth to you? A DEEPER LOOK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Micah 6:8 Matthew 5:7 Proverbs 15:13 Matthew 7:12 Colossians 3:17 John 15:12 1 Peter 4:9 This week’s verses stress ways to help bring a smile to the face of others and in the process, give ourselves a happy heart. IMAGINE THIS The truck is running a little rough. My son-in-law says it’s on its last last leg. I agree. Especially when I notice the fender rust.  I sighed and peered into the side mirror. Yes, George as the grand-kids named him, is looking pretty shabby. That was when I s

Encouraging Spring Rains week 24

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Photo Credit: D. Kelly @ Grant Co., WV REFLECTION "Oh Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you." (Psalm 38:9, ESV). Question of the day: What are my good days contingent upon? A DEEPER LOOK Read: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday James 5:18 Matthew 5:45 Acts 14:17 Isaiah 45:8 Joel 2:23 Leviticus 26:4 Hosea 10:12 & James 5:7 This week’s verses remind us that God is in control, we’re merely managers of the time He gives. IMAGINE THIS It was another rainy Monday. We’d had an abundance of rain and folks were grumbling. The old saying ‘if you can’t beat them join them' came to mind, so I refreshed myself by looking up verses on rain. We’d had enough now Lord. Send us some sunny days. During certain seasons of excess, enough is enough. We long for a break. We ask God to take it away, make it stop. But the 'good'

Small Town USA

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Photo Credit: D. Kelly, Grant Co., WV It's Friday night.  Bumping into old friends as we scurry to keep up with the youngins and find a seat outside since it's not raining ( whoo-whoo!). IT'S... The last night of Vacation Bible School.  Youth League baseball and T-ball playoffs. A Little Miss pageant in town, too. I cried at VBS...when the week's offering went to the family of a young boy that lost his life this same week. And no, the child was not associated with the church, but here in small town USA...they're all our children. I laughed at the Dairy Queen...when children covered in ballfield dust stood shoulder-to-shoulder with those in pageant dresses and suits. Their dripping ice cream forgotten for a moment...as together they pleaded for passerbyers to honk their horns...for no other reason than to give everyone a smile. And it worked. Tired moms and dads smiled, exhausted coaches and grandparents smiled, passing motorists smiled, bikers

I've Got Nothin' week 23

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Photo Credit: D. Kelly @ Pendleton Co., WV REFLECTION "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11, KJV). Question of the day: have you ever felt empty inside? Like no matter how hard you try, you cannot feel the Holy Spirit or God’s presence? If so, this post is for you (and me). A DEEPER LOOK Read : Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Ecclesiastes 7:8 Isaiah 40:31 Psalm 23 Galatians 6:9 2 Corinthians 8:11 2 Timothy 4:7 Hebrews 12:1 Colossians 1:11 This week’s verses remind us that we have a purpose and even when we can’t feel God near, He’s right where He’s always been. IMAGINE THIS John Anderson’s ‘Just a Swingin’’

It's About the Fight Week 22

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Photo Credit D. Kelly @Hardy Co., WV REFLECTION “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the   Lord , “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...” ( Psalm 91:1-16,ESV). Photo credit D. Kelly @ Hardy Co., WV A DEEPER LOOK Read: OT: Isaiah 54:17; 2 Kings 6:15-19; Psalm 37:12-16 NT: Revelations 3:15-16; 2 Timothy 3:5; Matthew 7:21; Ephesians 6:12 IMAGINE THIS Have you ever considered what it means to fight the good fight? You know, take a stand for what you believe, and fight God’s way? The older I get the easier it becomes to shrug my shoulders and let things run their natural course.  After all, God is in co