Cast thy burden upon the Lord. Psalms 40:22 I know I’ve been writing a lot about burdens lately. I’ll get off it for a while I promise, but for a day let’s talk about burdens that are not so obvious. Not the one’s God gives us but we can carry, and not the readily apparent…

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I am with thee to deliver thee. – Jer. 1:8   When you are suffering, when you are struggling, when the hour is darkest it is almost impossible to hear that if with cheerful courage we turn ourselves over to God, no suffering is unbearable. It is something each of us must learn for ourselves.…

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Be ye thankful – Col. 3:15   Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart. Not thankful when it pleaseth me, As if thy blessings had spare days; But such a heart, whose pulse may be Thy praise. – G. Herbert   If anyone were to ask, “What’s…

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And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. – Gal. 6:9   Getting tired of Lent? Do you find yourself asking what is required of me next? Is it just what’s next on my to-do list? Well, no one can answer that question but…

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There are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. I Corinthians 12:6 Coming across this biblical quote made me look it up in several editions of the Bible. The New Revised Standard version doesn’t use the word diversities instead says, “There are varieties of activities.” Diversity is such…

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