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Manna du jour

November 5, 2012 By Verna Bowman 9 Comments

Bread of the day. Do you speak grumble or gratitude?  I can be bilingual at times. When I read the old testament story of the Israelites complaining along the wilderness route, I’m confused and convicted at the same time.  I’ve murmured along the way, too. Journeying to their promised home was supposed to take 11 days, but … [Read more...]

Tagged With: complaining, Exodus 16, gratitude, manna, Psalm 78, quail

Fear or Faith

October 29, 2012 By Verna Bowman 10 Comments

This last week in October we think of upcoming scary things . . . Halloween, hurricanes, and elections. Everyone on the east coast is holding tight as nasty girl Sandy approaches.  It can be unsettling especially to those who have physical problems.  How do we keep our peace as we wait for the historic hurricane to make land … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #fear, #hurricane, afraid, Faith, psalms

Autumn Glory

October 23, 2012 By Verna Bowman 20 Comments

Breathe with me today.  Watch a tree. Something amazing happens when we take time to see . . . not just look. Over the weekend my husband and I had a time-out from busy schedules to be entertained by autumn in the mountains.  Bound to routine I’ve been guilty of doing a drive-by rather than a rest-in during the fleeting … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #glory, fall, season, trees

Story-morphosis

October 16, 2012 By Verna Bowman 8 Comments

Stories of change, metamorphosis . . . changing beyond recognition from the original state. True tales of transformation. Like sand to pearls, coal to diamonds, us to His. We all have a story and we all love stories. When I was a child I loved hearing stories of long-ago as my grandmother told it.  Weaving life into gold.  Old … [Read more...]

Tagged With: change, everyone has a story, listening to one another, retreat, transformation

Believing is Seeing

October 9, 2012 By Verna Bowman 8 Comments

We’ve heard seeing is believing, but what if we don’t see it?  Then we need to believe. This past week I’ve spoken to those who feel they are in hopeless situations and need to see beyond what they're seeing. . .  the hopeless situation. The Bible says faith is the evidence of things not seen. Now faith is the assurance of … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Faith, Hope, impossible, seeing is believing, unseen

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His Word – My Hope

Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed for His compassions never fail.  

They are new every morning.  Great is Your faithfulness O Lord.

Lamentations three

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