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July 24, 2024
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Unlocking Peaceful Living

I bless you to sleep like a baby.   Though researchers have Pinpointed 7000 different human fears, We’re born with […]
July 23, 2024
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Break Free from Condemnation

I bless you to Experience Enjoy Embrace The greater Glory and Power Of the New Covenant Of Grace in Jesus […]
July 22, 2024
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When You See a Whale

There are awe-inspiring, Eighty-foot fin whales In the Northeastern waters of Canada But most, like me, have never Seen them. […]
July 19, 2024
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A Blessing for God’s Provision

God pro-vides.   “Pro” – it means “before,” as in “prologue.”   “Vid” – it means “to see” as in […]
July 18, 2024
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A Blessing to See the Spiritual Gold

Easter is big, Like Christmas, At our house, Overflowing with presents For grown kids and the grandbaby And nieces and […]
July 17, 2024
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A Blessing to Eat from the Tree of Life

I bless your heart’s longing To be drawn to The Tree of Life, Never to The Tree of Knowledge of […]
July 16, 2024
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Seeing Sin without Obsessing Over it

I bless you to know The predicament of sin And your powerlessness over sin Apart from Christ Because, like an […]
July 15, 2024
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How Jesus Invites You to Beauty

I once saw a beach sunset So beautiful that I couldn’t stand To see it alone. It was too beautiful […]
July 12, 2024
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A Blessing for Mourning to Turn to Joy

As Jeremiah prophesied To the exiles, May God turn your “Mourning into joy …” “And give you gladness for sorrow.” […]
July 11, 2024
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A Blessing to See for Yourself

Receive again The remarkable invitation Of discipleship – “Come and you will see.”   Think of it— You are invited […]
July 10, 2024
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A Blessing for Your Eyes to Open

“They stood still, looking sad” (Luke 24:17). Luke tells us of the disillusioned disciples Who were moping down the dusty […]
July 9, 2024
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A Blessing to Finally See

Imagine thick fog Stifling your progress, Binding you from moving forward On your windy road.   If you can’t see, […]
June 15, 2022

Forget YOLO

Child of God, You are going to live forever In a new heaven and a new earth.   While the […]
May 31, 2022
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A Blessing to Reject False Gods

I bless your spiritual eyes To recognize The “gods who did not make The heavens and the earth.” (Jer. 10:11) […]
May 18, 2022
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A Clear View

I bless you To be “full of eyes In front and behind.” (Rev. 4:6)   Like the four living creatures […]
April 14, 2022
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The Only Good Kind of Disbelief

There’s only one kind of disbelief That God might like … a little. Only one kind of disbelief That I […]
April 12, 2022
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The Blame Game

It’s a bold blessing to give you, A bold claim to believe:   You’re blameless In Christ.   Don’t blame […]
March 18, 2022
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True Unity

I bless you today to Look beyond the world’s hate And rivalry And racism And finger-pointing And polarization And … […]
March 1, 2022
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A Blessing to Be Overpowered

I bless you to discover God’s benevolent might Like Jeremiah who exclaimed: “You are stronger than I, And you have […]
February 11, 2022

Here Comes the Sun

The sun peaked out in North Carolina this week. Shy. Skittish. But bright.   And then it hid again behind […]
February 2, 2022

Ark-Like Power

I bless you To walk in the power Of the Most High God— A power far beyond The weighty, awesome, […]
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