Category: mercy

not enough time

Published on by Dawn Marie8 Comments

I have been mulling over a BUNCH of stuff recently.

A deep-thinker by nature – this is not an uncommon occurrence.

Most especially, God often places me in a period of contemplation during the Lenten Season. And I must admit, even though the “mulling over” involves different thoughts & matters each year, this liturgical time has become a seasonal rhythm for when God does a good old-fashioned Spring cleaning on me! Yup! Once again, He has been polishing and purging my interior life; which can be a bit painful & perplexing, but always life-giving in the end.

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good guidance

Published on by Dawn Marie4 Comments

He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

Proverbs 10:17

Picture the sheep being guided by the shepherd. When it begins to wander, the shepherd will gently use his rod to steer it in the right direction. If the sheep still doesn’t correct itself, the shepherd will have to use more force. Occasionally, the sheep might get completely off course, and this could distract other sheep who will easily follow the wrong path.

This is how the Bible likens our spiritual journey. 

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blessing the darkness

Published on by Dawn Marie9 Comments

Some people might say that we find God only when we need Him. Simple words, but true. It’s like looking for the light switch in a dark room. No one goes searching for it until the sunlight has gone. Similarly, darkness can impel our search for God.

I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night – but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.

Psalm 139:11-12

Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last survivor pulled from the wreckage after the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001. Genelle tells the story about flirting with faith but choosing to live without it. Then, on September 11, her world fell apart and she found herself in complete darkness, buried alive under a mountain of rubble.

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