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A Versatile Thank-You!

May 29, 2012 By Verna Bowman 12 Comments

Time out for a thank-you note . . . I have been nominated for the Versatile Bloggers Award!   I’m grateful to be considered. Thank you to the lovely person, Glenda Mills, for the kind gesture and nomination. It means so much, because her blog,  http://glendamills.com/ encourages me weekly with inspiring articles, poetry, and … [Read more...]

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Grudge or Grace

May 26, 2012 By Verna Bowman 15 Comments

Humans aren’t natural forgivers.  Take note of how many angry people you meet along your day.  Take special note if you’re one of them. Consider . . . for every minute of anger, we lose sixty seconds of peace. What measure of insult or transgression have you had to deal with lately? Has it been someone hurling shouts, fists, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Amish, forgiveness, grace, grudge, unforgiveness

Holding on to Hope

May 19, 2012 By Verna Bowman 18 Comments

Have you ever felt like the woman on the tracks? I’ve felt like a damsel in distress. The dramatic one lying across the rails is my daughter.  She has a good time no matter the circumstances . . . actually she just celebrated a rather “high-end” birthday.  She’s been a good source of strength and humor throughout the years … [Read more...]

Tagged With: confident expectation, despair, hem of Jesus, Hope, hopeless, Shepherd

Yester-time Moms

May 12, 2012 By Verna Bowman 11 Comments

I sometimes wonder if my mother could be the same parent today as she was in the 50’s.  Although the voices of culture have made radical changes in family life, I believe she could.  Her child-rearing principles were unchanging. Challenges are countless for the moms of today.  I speak with many women who are weary busy. I … [Read more...]

Tagged With: children are heritage, June Cleaver, Little House on the Prairie, mom, mother, Mother's Day, motherhood, yesteryear

Do You Want To Get Well?

May 3, 2012 By Verna Bowman 12 Comments

Jesus asked the strangest questions . . . or did He? It’s feast time in the city.  The Lamb enters through the Sheep Gate into Jerusalem and chooses to walk among the lame, the blind, and the withered.  Over the course of my young life, I was all three waiting for someone to come along and change my situation. In John 5:1-9 we … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Bethesda, do you want to get well?, healing pool, lame 38 years, paralytic

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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.

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