I reviewed Paula’s devotionals late one night when I could not sleep. Worry filled my heart. Though my body was weary, my brain would not shut down…
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There are a number of days and seasons throughout the year when I intentionally open my figurative chest of memories, select the appropriate box and carefully remove the lid so I can inspect the contents. Sometimes the momentous events that trigger my reflections
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I’ve been known to gasp over a post-Christmas credit card bill or cringe when writing my annual property tax check, but this may have been a first – tears filled my eyes as I gazed at a deposit to my account…
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Watching my hand heal from carpal tunnel surgery several years ago provided daily reinforcement of the truth of Psalm 139:14: we are fearfully and wonderfully made. It also reminded me…
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Another April 19th was drawing to a close. Like all the others since my husband Ray’s sudden death in 1997, it had been a day of remembrance, tinged with sorrow and….
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So many unpleasant, unfamiliar decisions accompany the sudden death of a beloved spouse. The first few days after my husband Ray’s passing found me shrouded in a protective state of shock, barely able to…
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Like most people, I’ve experienced numerous life-changing moments. But one, in a windowless hospital room with my 7- and 10-year-old daughters by my side, eclipses them all…
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Twenty—three years ago, Patsy Kuipers, our Guest Writer this week, lost her thirty-nine year old husband Ray. His death was sudden and unexpected. Suddenly, life as she knew it and dreamed about was over…
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It is time to bring our wrestling with betrayal to the foot of the Cross, where Jesus was made ransom for our sins. This, and His victorious resurrection are the apex of history. We who believe, trust and hope in…
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Our home is in a semi-rural area, and we see lots of wildlife. Groundhogs dance, fawns learn to stand on wobbly legs, rabbits, geese, turkeys, and more live in observable proximity. Some are shy and some are bossy, but all of them are…
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There once was a beautiful princess, the daughter of a powerful King and the sister of many. One day she received a message from her father directing her to go to the house of a half-brother who was ill and prepare food for him…
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“Except our sins, there is not such plenty of anything in all the world as there is of troubles which come from sin, as one heavy messenger came to Job after another…” Henry Smith
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So begins the second act in the story of Ruth. The widowed Ruth accompanied her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Bethlehem, from whence Naomi’s intact family immigrated to Moab as refugees from famine…
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I lay awake, reviewing the well-trod territory of a devastating betrayal with life-changing consequences. Years before, a work partner laid the groundwork for a takeover by intentionally…
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Karen Grant takes us into her own journey of experiencing betrayal and how appropriate for the Daily Treasure audience. So many of us know what it is to experience deep betrayal, broken relationships we never saw coming…
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When I began to study Hosea, I knew that I would discover treasures of God’s love and mercy in this portion of his holy, inspired, inerrant, and all-sufficient word. But…
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We arrive at last to the final chapter of Hosea. In chapter 14 we find a model of true, mindful, heartfelt repentance and the Lord’s turning from his anger as a result…
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I am the mother of five children born of my body. Three of my children were born at home with the aid of midwives, who cared for me and gently guided my babies into the world…
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Yesterday we learned that we face a daily battle against sin. Every single day, we must be killing sin, or it will be killing us. But there’s another battle…
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Our women’s Bible study is currently digging into Romans chapter 8, and we have just considered verse 13, “if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live”…
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