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The Steadfast Butterfly
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by Kim Ford
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How I Know HE Loves Me
When I fell in love with my husband in my mid-twenties, I thought I “knew” we were in love based on our attraction to one another, the...
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Dec 30, 20244 min read
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A Blooming Trellis
#SpiritualGrowth #GrowinginChrist II Peter 3:18a “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Colossians 2:...
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May 12, 20245 min read
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In Favor of Community within Church Attendance
#ChurchFellowship #FamilyofFaith #CommunityWithinTheChurch Hebrews 10:25 “And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do,...
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Apr 12, 20244 min read
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Review of "The Timeless Apostle":
#MiddleEasternHistoricalFiction #ChristianYoungAdultFiction The Timeless Apostle is a masterfully written novel that weaves together...
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Apr 6, 20242 min read
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Learning from Elephants
#ElephantBehavior #Unity #Friendship #ChristianLife In the wild, female elephants form a circle around the most vulnerable female...
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Feb 27, 20244 min read
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Trust Falling
#Trust #TrustIntheLord #Trials Recently I was asked what my “go to” scripture is when I’m facing hard times. The first thing that came to...
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Feb 17, 20244 min read
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Undecorating the Christmas Tree
#TakingDowntheChristmasTree #Undecorating #GriefSorrowSadness John 16: 33 “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me....
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Jan 30, 20244 min read
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Am I a Hypocrite?
Whenever someone refers to me as religious I recoil internally. I don’t think of myself as religious, and I don’t think describing...
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Oct 17, 20235 min read
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Souls Awakened to Sing
#HowGreatThouArt #CreatorGod #AlaskaBeauty First verse and chorus of “How Great Thou Art” “Oh Lord, my God When I, in awesome wonder...
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Oct 3, 20234 min read
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Glory Encounter: A Nearness Too Close
#Glory #GloryoftheLord #GloryofGod Once in a while a person holding a hand-written sign stands on a prominent street corner in our town....
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Sep 19, 20235 min read
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Walking Blind
#Walkbyfaith #WalkwiththeLord My father was a member of the Lion’s Club, and actively worked to improve the lives of those experiencing...
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Sep 5, 20235 min read
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Groaning in Paradise or For Paradise?
#Paradise #Lahaina #NewCreation Romans 8:20-24a “For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who...
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Aug 22, 20235 min read
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The Deceptive Mirror
As I was trying on clothes in a dressing room at one of my favorite stores, I was initially pleased that I looked thinner than I had...
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Aug 10, 20235 min read
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A Life Redeemed
(This redemptive story is shared with formal permissions from Heather Meyer-Russell and HeartReach Center) A month ago I felt my heart...
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Jul 25, 20235 min read
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The Privilege
“What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear… What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we...
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Jul 16, 20235 min read
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Saluting the Rank
Since Father’s Day is this weekend, I’ve been thinking about what God says about the father/child relationship. Within the Ten...
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Jun 13, 20235 min read
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Israel Trip Part 3: The Gates of Hades Won't Prevail
Matthew 16: 13-18 “When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘who do people say the Son of Man is?’...
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Apr 4, 20235 min read
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Israel Trip, Part 2: Soul Connection at the Garden Tomb
I Corinthians 11:23-26 “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took...
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Mar 28, 20235 min read
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My Israel Trip, Part 1: Jesus Still Unwelcome
Matthew 16:21 “From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands...
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Mar 21, 20235 min read
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Compassion is Christian Fashion
Col. 3:12 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness...
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Feb 21, 20235 min read
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