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Nightly Tea: Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda
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Musings at the end of the day. Friday, July 31, 2015. Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda. I have always thought of September as the beginning of the new year. Another year in school brought with it a new arrangement of classes, activities, and choices. How am I going to use the time that God has given me this year? When we seek God and establish those patterns that bring us closer to Him, He will change the trajectory not just of this coming year, but the course of your life. Seek out God's people,. All over everyt...
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Nightly Tea: Last Week of Summer
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Musings at the end of the day. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Last Week of Summer. It is a hot and muggy day. This morning as I checked the weather, it was an incredible 96 percent humidity. Summer is waning fast. A sweet friend Julie texted me this morning, "This is the last week of summer," before the kids go back to school. "I am determining today to take any chance that comes my way to laugh with my kids.". I texted her back, "As they say in Chicago about voting, laugh early and often.". And they had the ti...
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Nightly Tea: That which comes up out of the ground
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Musings at the end of the day. Sunday, July 26, 2015. That which comes up out of the ground. In our daughter's beautiful backyard, there is gradually appearing amidst the grass all manner of rocks and debris coming to the surface. As it turns out, several years ago now, the previous owner plowed over an in-ground pool that he didn't want to fix. By all appearances, you would never know it existed. But now, the evidence is emerging out of the very ground. Matthew 10. 26. We have come to a time when this l...
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Nightly Tea: January 2014
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Musings at the end of the day. Friday, January 31, 2014. Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? One of my youngest grandson's favorite books is Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? That book also reminds me of a time in high school when one of our daughters was going through the tough dark tunnel of adolescence, when EVERYTHING seemed to be going wrong. " Look for the joy. I advised her. " Even one good thing today. That God's goodness surrounds her in a lot of different packages.
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Nightly Tea: March 2015
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Musings at the end of the day. Friday, March 27, 2015. A few days ago, I was finally able to carve out a pocket of time to write. And I sat. For a long while, I just sat. I did not read. I did not feel compelled to write. I didn't have to make excuses just to watch the trees and listen to the early spring birds. I sat. I prayed. I listened. I thought. No, I think, just on the right one. And know that I am God. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Seeing beyond the fog. How appropriate were those rays of light in a...
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Nightly Tea: How to get from here to there
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Musings at the end of the day. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. How to get from here to there. Wait for the LORD;. And let your heart take courage;. Wait for the LORD! Psalm 27. 14. Immediately when I got out of bed this morning, I was thinking about my agenda for the day. I grabbed my coffee and abided with God's Word, my heart already racing for the next thing. But something happened in reading Scripture. No surprise there. Something always. Happens when God's Word is opened. It changes me. Yesterday, I sat ...
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Nightly Tea: June 2015
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Musings at the end of the day. Monday, June 29, 2015. Not all who wander are lost. Where the trail went after that landmark, I was not quite sure, but I was not planning on going any further than that. I didn't have a map, but I knew the general direction. No big deal. I had observed runners on this stretch many times as I drove past on my way to Kroger. I remembered my friend Maria saying that she once hiked twelve miles before she found her way out of the maze of trails in this park. But today, I was.
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Nightly Tea: December 2014
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Musings at the end of the day. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. And what exactly are we doing here? I awoke this morning in what still feels like someone else's house in a new city and a neighborhood of people that I don't know. What are we doing here, LORD? We have quite literally come a long way in the past twelve months, "a momentous year," my husband remarked over morning coffee and breakfast. At this time last year, we knew some changes would be taking place in 2014. We did not exactly know what. Behol...
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Nightly Tea: February 2015
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Musings at the end of the day. Saturday, February 28, 2015. Many layers of sound. Last evening, we attended Mahler's ninth symphony, performed by the Nashville Symphony. Before the performance, a lecture was offered to tell about the background of the composer, his mindset at the time, and the intricacies of this complicated piece of music. The piece all works together down to the last few astonishing measures when there is no longer sound but an incredible silence resounding in the concert hall. At the ...
