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by Kim Ford
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Fractured Friendship, Pain Meant for Good, and the Day of Mending
As a child I loved watching the “I Love Lucy” show. Lucy’s best pal, Ethel, was always by her side, and they were continually finding...

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Feb 7, 20235 min read
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Addictions: The Abusive Relationship with God-Substitutes
“You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me” (Exodus 20:3) I come from a family where several members struggled with an addiction to alcohol....

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Jan 31, 20235 min read
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Painful Pruning
Galatians 5:22,23a “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and...

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Jan 24, 20234 min read
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Faith, Football, and the Final Game
#DamarHamlin #FootballFan #NFL&HighSchoolFootball #FinalGame If you or a family member is a football fan, you likely either saw or heard...

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Jan 17, 20235 min read
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Prison of Pride
“In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that—and,...

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Jan 10, 20234 min read
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Justice, Mercy, and Me
James 2:13 “There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when...

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Jan 4, 20235 min read
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Type 1 or Type 2 Christmas?
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of Angels O come,...

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Dec 16, 20225 min read
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Jesus' Mother Leads by Example
#MaryLeadsByExample #TheMagnifcat Luke 1:30-33 “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! You will...

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Dec 6, 20225 min read
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Finding True Rest
Last December the women in our family had a special day of pulling aside to slow down before Christmas to relax and enjoy time together....

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Sep 28, 20224 min read
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Accepting the Seasons
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a...

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Sep 22, 20225 min read
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God is in the Details
“Give all your worries and cares to God for He cares about you.” I Peter 5:7 (NLT) Longer passages that support the truth that God cares...

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Sep 13, 20224 min read
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Blessing: An Interference by God in our Lives
I remember as a child sitting in a special church session listening to a Greek-American Bible scholar and author named Spiros Zodhiates....

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Sep 7, 20224 min read
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The Rains Came Down
Back in June we had day after day of sunshine and warm weather here in the Mat-Su Valley. We Alaskans were almost overwhelmed by it after...

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Aug 31, 20224 min read
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Doing All the Things
(The following story and photo are shared with permission from my daughter and her husband) “I can do all things through Christ who...

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Aug 24, 20225 min read
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Fear vs. My Faith
My family has joked about me needing a babysitter when no one else is going to be home overnight. The truth is, I have needed the...

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Aug 17, 20225 min read
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Known and loved by God in the Womb and Beyond
Psalm 139: 13-18 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so...

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Aug 11, 20225 min read
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Overlooking Small Offenses
Proverbs 19:11 “A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense” --------------- Proverbs 17:9 Whoever...

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Aug 6, 20224 min read
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Forgive and Remember
It’s not possible to “forgive and forget”. The intent of the saying might be better stated as follows: “once you choose to forgive, don’t...

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Jul 26, 20225 min read
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He Knows Me by Name
There has been so much talk in the past few days about names and changing names of long-time events here in the Valley. It’s been a big...

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Jul 20, 20224 min read
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The Reality of Evil
In celebrating our freedom this past 4th of July we were reminded of the oppression of evil that can infiltrate our current experience....

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Jul 20, 20225 min read
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