Hot and Cold
Oh my goodness, Father, this is a rough morning! I just can’t seem to get going. Enable me to listen to what I need to hear today. I am worn and weary, but Your word is alive and vibrant. Stir my heart! James 1:5-8...
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Posted by Pastor Thom | May 27, 2025 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
Father, I feel the need to write this morning, but I also feel like I need to experience stillness in Your presence. Stillness can be a challenge, especially at this home. We’ve so enjoyed having family in, but it is wearying –...
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Posted by Pastor Thom | May 26, 2025 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
Sometimes…many times, Father, the struggle, even at the beginning of the day when little has happened, is to be still and listen…to You and not myself. The prayer I read in The Valley of Vision included these lines today, “Thou...
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Posted by Pastor Thom | May 23, 2025 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
Father, You are mighty in power and deed, and I am only me with a lower-case “m”. Compared to the immensity of Your being and work, I am but a speck of almost nothingness… That may be the way it is, but in Your reality – which...
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Posted by Pastor Thom | May 22, 2025 | Journal Entry (R) | 0
As I sat here, Father, and read through another prayer in The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions, I was once again touched. I could never write so eloquently or encompass my thoughts in such a...
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