Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

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Finding Direction:  The Wind Vane Chronicles

Entries Tagged as 'Spirituality'

My Way is Unclear Today, But Stay With Me, Anyway . . .

June 14th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Perspective, Reflections, Spirituality, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

My heart is heavily burdened right now with family difficulties on many fronts, some from the distant past that have accumulated and come to a head in recent months.  Others have arisen over the past several months and continue to become more serious and onerous each day, it seems.
I am spending my time, whether doing [...]

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God’s Beautiful LITTLE Things in Life

May 22nd, 2010 · 11 Comments · Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality, Tom & Me

This has been a most stressful week for me, with no modem/internet for four days, my blog host moving all of us TheoBloggers over to a new server, with us having some down time here on my blog, and assorted family emergencies and crises.  Being an in-betweener, with my mom still with me, having grown [...]

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The Girl in the Woods

May 18th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Friends, Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality, Stories, Uncategorized

She lived out in the deep Piney Woods of East Texas, a good ways out from Nacogdoches.
She was 19 years old and married to a small thin man in his late 30s or early 40s who looked to be twice his age and was crippled up in his left arm from a working accident some [...]

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Season of Prayer: God, Indeed, Knows The Details

April 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Families, Perspective, Reflections, Spirituality, Tom & Me

Tom & I are in a season of prayer for several people very close to us.
Some are family members and some very good friends.  The relationships run together, which is as it “should” be in the life of a Christian, I think.  Don’t you?
I’ve not slept well the past couple of nights after about 2 [...]

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Interlude: Thoughts & Scripture For Today

January 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Health, Inspirational, Spirituality, Uncategorized

[Note:  Have had a very busy week, including being gone all day yesterday to see a neurosurgeon.  Am having to have neurosurgery on Tuesday Feb. 2 on my left arm.  So, for today, an interlude.  Back to Cotter next time.]
Scripture to ponder today:
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, [...]

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Calmness & Serenity: My Word(s) for This Year

January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Inspirational, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality

[Note:  I'll start back on the Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009 next week.  There are a lot more stories to tell from that tour, the next chapters being all about when "the boys" lived in Cotter, AR.  For today - thoughts on this "new" year.]
Every January I take stock of my life a little differently [...]

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For I Am Convinced

December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Inspirational, Our Kids, Reflections, Spirituality

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
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