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Angels All Around

December 25, 2012 By Verna Bowman 5 Comments

It’s hard to miss angels during this season.  Images of angels adorn treetops, ornaments, cookies, and church pageants. We sing celestial carols and read familiar stories of God’s messengers proclaiming adoration. So, one of the things I’ve been pondering is angels. . . . What do you know of the angels? Created beings, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: angels, Christmas, Hebrews, messengers

Pondering

December 10, 2012 By Verna Bowman 14 Comments

But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.  Luke 2:19 This verse fills me with deep adoration.  It speaks to me. Considering the magnitude of what happened in the young life of Mary recorded in the gospel of Luke, she certainly had much to ponder. A visit from an archangel tells her she will become … [Read more...]

Tagged With: gospel of Luke, Handmaiden, Mary, pondered, treasured

Is This Your Final Answer?

December 5, 2012 By Verna Bowman 4 Comments

I’m fascinated by the questions God asks in Scripture . . . while waiting for an answer. The first divine inquiry takes place in the Genesis garden, Eden.  The dust-man and his bride have “been exposed” (you know the story) and Father God simply asks, “where are you?” Of course He knew.  You don’t honestly think the Creator of … [Read more...]

Tagged With: did god really say?, Eve, Genesis 3:8, hiding, righteousness, sin

Room for Joy

November 27, 2012 By Verna Bowman 6 Comments

What fills your weeks before Christmas?  Is there room for comfort and joy, or has chaos and stress cluttered up space? The world’s way to celebrate Christmas leaves no room for Jesus and the blessed silence and peace of the season.  Consumers and commercialism have hijacked our holy day. I won't be robbed of Christmas past or … [Read more...]

Tagged With: carols, Charlie Brown, Christmas, good news, joy, Luke 2:10

Thanksgiving Chair

November 20, 2012 By Verna Bowman 21 Comments

May I share with you an archived blog from last Thanksgiving . . . giving thanks for loved ones here, loved ones missed . . . Over the meadow and through the woods, a familiar refrain, creates the image of a Rockwell-esque setting that many of us probably haven't experienced.  Loved ones crowded around a full table is not the … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #blessings, chair, holiday in hospital, loved ones, table, Thanksgiving

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His Word – My Hope

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul like a weaned child rests against his mother.  

Psalm 131

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