{31 days} be still and know
Just last evening I found out about a challenge called 31 days of writing on one topic. I thought: I should do that! It might get me back in the groove of posting more frequently... but, everyday? Can I do that? I mean, if I could, would I not already be? But I have...
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a mother’s law {day 1}
Normally, I think: these are for me as a child–I should not forsake the spiritual upbringing my parents gave me. I think of children in general, even my own children, and how they need to learn to listen and obey…
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deliver me {day 2}
...to deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things... Proverbs 2:1-12 We must seek after God's Words and hide them in our heart in order to acquire knowledge and wisdom But just having God's Words in our head {memorized} does...
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not of the world {day 3}
Last night in my church's special Revival Services, the Lord touched my heart. He convicted me about my witness... out in public, not an online public, but where people see the actual flesh and blood of my body and who I am. Though He has many times spoken to my heart...
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thine own path {day 4}
Let thine eyes look right on [on your own path], and let thine eyelids look straight before thee [literally, right in front of you]. Ponder the path of thy feet [think about where you are going], and let all thy ways be established [this will strengthen what you are...
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dangers of being “strange” {day 5}
What is growing me today! Proverbs chapter 5 gives warning to a young man about the dangers of the "strange woman." I would like to think that there is not a whole lot for me, a Christian, trying-to-be-Godly woman to really get out of that. But, there is...
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marriage thoughts {day 6}
So, today we had a wedding at our church-two young people who grew up in our church... who had a beautiful engagement and now wedding. I am praying their marriage is just as beautiful! I read the Proverb for today, and there was many directions I could...
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the Lord’s joy… my strength {day 7}
Sundays are a little hectic. Usually I try not to schedule or allow anything that might take away from any calmness that might be found in getting ready for church services and praying for our Pastor. Thus, I did not get my post typed out yesterday for day 7. But the...
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when life happens {day 8}
You know the saying "Life is what happens after you make plans."? That was my day today. I had plans to "farm the kids out" {not really, just asked a trusted, sweet lady to keep them for the day}... so I could concentrate on some truly necessary things in our home...
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soul rest {day 9}
Do you know when your children just really need some extra rest? The fussiness, crankiness, general irritability--that just screams at you, “Please put me in my bed and let my body rest!” yep, that's a pouty face... Some days, my spirit is like that. The children’s...
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noticing a mote {day 10}
One of the passages I read this morning was in Luke 6... where the Lord Jesus says: Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? ...why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own...
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the fulness of life {day 11}
I read recently where someone was saying that [one of] the problems with the church is that she is not teaching us about how to "work." One commenter dubbed it the "doctrine of vocation." Here is a quote which nearly sums the article: "Christianity is given (sold?) to...
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"after" - this makes my heart sing. Sometimes, it is frustrating to realize just how much like a little child {my children, no less!} I act. When they are asked to complete a very simple chore: please take the toys off of the bookshelves, because you know they do not...
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having answers {day 13}
For nearly 2 weeks I have posted each day of things the Lord has shown me either from personal Bible reading to in the simple day-to-day of being at home with my children. Today, I have read several familiar passages {as was in my scheduled reading} and 1 of my usual...
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is that ENTHUSIASM I see? {day 14}
Sunday's and today's "be still and know" posts both come from the messages yesterday. Last evening the preacher spoke from Psalm 119:33-40 about several attitudes of King David that caused him to have such a close relationship with God. Amid the points such as: be...
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compared to oxen {day 15}
compared to oxen {day 15}This from the Proverb for yesterday. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. Proverbs 14:4I heard this verse preached several times while in Bible College. I had never actually understood it...
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established thoughts {day 16}
Some days, I just feel kinda lost. I don't know how to get a certain principle across to my children, or I am unsure how to respond to something unkind a supposed friend said. And some days, I just feel like any good I try to do means nothing. And then I read...
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a crown for old men {day 17}
Today is my youngest daughter's 4th birthday. She is HOOT... and a whirlwind. She has the energy of my entire life in her pinky. [still!] And today, while reading the Proverb, I came to this verse: Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of...
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on being a friend {day 18}
At the end of today's Proverb is the verse [24]: A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. One part of what this blog is about my learning to be the right kind of friend - even to YOU, whom I may...
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predictions {day 19}
I apologize for my absence yesterday. There is no explanation other than time got away from me, and I did not get this typed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ As we here in America face elections in just over 2 weeks, many are downcast at the state of our country and the choices offered...
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the seed, the Word {day 20}
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear...But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. from Luke 8:4-15, the parable...
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did you ever talk to God? {day 21}
The Lord has been dealing with my heart about my not praying as I CAN, not being bold in coming before His throne... because only He can help in my time of need! Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in...
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multiplying miracles {day 22}
Today I read in Luke 8 of the man of the Gadarenes that was possessed of many devils and whom God healed. After Jesus cast the demons into the swine feeding nearby and the animals died in a lake, the people talked about it. There was likely a frenzy of wondering what...
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traveling thoughts {day 23}
Busy day yesterday! In my Proverbs reading yesterday the verses that really stuck out were the first few: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and out a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite... [verses 1...
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building a home {day 24}
building a home {day 24} A couple of days ago [I wrote about having increase from my "oxen"] I read in Proverbs 14:1, Every wise woman buildeth her house...And today I read a little more about building a house [home]. In Proverbs 24, I read: Through wisdom is an house...
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more dangers {day 25}
Several verses in Proverbs speak of how living in the wilderness or on a rooftop is preferable to living with a contentious or brawling woman... reminded me of a post towards the beginning of the {31 days}. Just as there is something for me to learn from the "strange...
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who is my neghbour? {day 26}
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. Proverbs 27:10 {edited-from 26:10-I turned to the next chapter too soon. oops} I used...
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just passing by {day 27}
so, yesterday I read the wrong chapter in Proverbs! Actually, somehow, I read both the correct and the next chapter... at two separate times-{I will often read the chapter several times thorought the day}. I'm still not sure how I did that. [oh well, { 🙂 }] But...
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not “goodbye”… but “until we meet again” {day 28}
This moment of being still... comes from a quiet heart, a heart of remembering... and pondering what God has for the future. Life is full of goodbyes... and hellos... and more goodbyes. “The only comfort in saying goodbye is knowing we are in God’s will.” ~wise words!...
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the soul’s delight {day 29}
DISCLAIMER: I have no illusions that my children are perfect. Their teachers tell me when they have done wrong to prove it! ...and we have correction discussions multiple times daily. It takes W.O.R.K. And I do realize their ARE children who require extra effort......
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wisdom in the little things {day 30}
Wisdom in the little things {day 30} There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the...
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good & useful {day 31}
good & useful {day 31} So, Proverbs 31 is {mostly} all about that woman... you know the one: ~"The Proverbs 31 Woman"~ She is often tossed out as an unattainable super-woman. She is labeled as a product of her time ... not something today's woman could ever hope...
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