Longing for Normal

Week 12, Weekend Dianne Dougharty   The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:9-10 Normal . . . sometimes I long for my life to be normal. I was…

A Safe Place

Week 12, Thursday Dianne Dougharty   For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 (nlt) As a little girl, I spent part of my growing-up years in a three-story house on Massachusetts Avenue in Lawrence, Kansas. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz,…

Higher Ways

Week 12, Wednesday Dianne Dougharty   I will proclaim the name of the Lord; how glorious is our God! He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is! Deuteronomy 32:3-4 (nlt) Recently our grandson (whose…

Go Forth

Week 12, Tuesday Dianne Dougharty   But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22 (nlt) Our youngest daughter, Kelly, and her two sons…

Because

Week 12, Monday Dianne Dougharty   “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (nlt) When our girls were young, we had a children’s album by Anne Murray. I guess if the fact…

Jehovah Shammah

Week 11, Weekend Debbie Brunson   And the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE. Ezekiel 48:35 (nkjv) The book of Ezekiel chronicles the dark, desperate days during the Babylonian captivity. The prophet Ezekiel had been snatched away from all that was familiar. He was preparing to be a priest…

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