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Day 5: Yaweh Ropheka, The Lord Who Heals
“Yaweh is the builder of Jerusalem. He is the one who gathers the outcasts of Israel together. He is the Rophe of the brokenhearted. He is the one who bandages their wounds.” Psalm 147:2-3I had just been given two pain pills and a dose of Benadryl before we got the news. Abigail's small body was failing and her doctor...
Day 4: El Roi, The God Who Sees Me
“Hagar named Yahweh, who had been speaking to her, ‘You Are El Roi.’ She said, ‘This is the place where I watched the one who watches over me.’” Genesis 16:13“I’m scared!”, Abigail cries as I push our three person stroller through the parking lot. The night sky shines above us at the end of a wonderful day of visiting with...
Day 3: Elohim, the Creator God
“In the beginning, Elohim created heaven and earth.” Genesis 1:1As we sort through the musty old cardboard boxes that have been stored in our garage for the past several years, I hear my husband exclaim, “I found another one!” I look over and see him holding a piece of cross stitch fabric that has little colored “x”s splashed all over...
Day 2: A Confession and A Prayer
Confession time. I am freaking out about the next 30 days. Now that I have made the commitment to write about the character of God everyday, I am afraid that I will not have anything to say and even more afraid that no one will listen. I ask my self the question, "How can I teach people about really knowing God, when I still struggle with my...
Thrity-One Days of Knowing God
“Mama, look!”, Bethany exclaims as she proudly shows me the Cinderella nightgown that her daddy bought her while I was out teaching this morning. As she spins and twirls the beautiful white chiffon billows around her, just like the dreams that she is spinning in her childlike imagination.I know these dreams well, because they were my own. I used...
The Danger of Homeschooling
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20Things have been quiet here on the blog over the last month, but they definitely...
Blessed Assurance
"Mom, did your dad love God?", Abigail asked as I put her to bed. "Yes, honey, I think he did", I answer. "Will I see him in heaven?""Yes, I think you will.""Good", is all she says in response.The next morning comes and Abigail is still thinking about my father. She asks again if she will see him in heaven. Again, I tell her yes....
A Night at the Fair
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17 “I’m free!” yelled Bethany as I sat at the computer reading off the...
“Ah Wan BaBa”
“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30My youngest daughter, Olivia, is just shy of two years old. Her way of speaking is like most little girls her age, absolutely adorable. Her first word was, of course, “mama”. Followed...