• Still Small Voice

    The Safe Place

    Your heart is safe with me. Come near with all your cares, and I will give you hope in place of each one. My promises will carry you through each hard day, each sad day, each painful day. My love will see you through. Remember…

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    What Mountains Tell

    Two weeks ago, my hubby and I took a road trip to Athens, Georgia, to attend a local film festival where Merl’s short film was screened. We traveled through Indiana and Tennessee and encountered a thunderstorm while driving through Chattanooga. We made it to Georgia…

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    Come Up Higher

    Ascend high to the presence of your God. Leave the plains behind and come up higher above all the destruction, delays, and decay. Take my hand and leap up the mountain of the LORD like a deer panting for living waters. Here, you’ll find the…

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    Stand in Wonder

    Bend your knee in reverence before me, and you will be lifted up. You will stand in wonder at all that I will do for you and what your eyes will see and ears will hear. You are a devoted child. You have sacrificed your…

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    Good News Bears

    About a week ago, I was thinking about the 1976 movie The Bad News Bears starring Walter Matthau. The screenwriter wrote an offensive line coming out of the mouth of an 11-year-old. The fruit of his mouth reflected what he was taught by those close…

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    Timeless Truth

    Lift your voice over the roaring lies. I will use you to separate the truth from the lies. There is a mixture in my people that must be separated. I need pure vessels that I can pour my Spirit into fully. Do not be deceived…

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    Turn Away and Come

    Turn around to face Me. You’re hurt by so much. But I want your full attention on us—on My love for you. Turn away from all that distracts you, that isolates you, that dampens your mood, and grab a hold of My hand. You are…

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    Losing Words

    When my husband was asked to play the lead role in a play in Chicago years ago, he had one month to memorize his spoken lines, the lyrics to eight songs, and the accompanying musical pieces on guitar. …

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    Root for Each Other

    Root for each other. That’s what the T-shirt I was wearing the other day said. I hadn’t worn it in years. The words were written right next to a drawing of a plant with its roots showing. …

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    Source of Truth

    Do not lean on your own understanding. Where are you getting your wisdom from? I am the source of all you need. Do not look to this world for answers. My Spirit of truth will guide you into all that you need to know. …

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    Things Above

    Earlier today I took a walk through my neighborhood and realized that I was surrounded by cicadas. The sidewalk was filled with them. I couldn't tell if they were dead or alive. Some were twitching their legs in the air, others were walking slow, and…

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    Treasures Deep

    Reach deep into My heart and find the treasures I have for you. Don't go searching out there, anywhere, where moth and rust decay. Search deep within My heart. My heart holds secrets deep for you. …

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