Author: Amy

  • Conquering Evil

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    Good morning! Today I feel like skipping through the O and A and just sharing the S and P of my SOAP. Will you indulge me in shaking things up a touch? (OOOOH, I know.. I am WILD and CRAZY here!! LOL) Alrighty. Here we go… Scripture: Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer…

  • SOAP: Ask Him. He wants to talk to you

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    Hello there! Are you settling into a new routine quite yet? Still working it out? I’ve got a few things settled schedule- and routine-wise and I am looking forward to incorporating more healthy habits into my life now that I’m home and not off to what feels like a thousand places. I’ve been asking God…

  • SOAP: He’s always there when we seek

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    Happy Saturday! This morning I slept in a touch and it felt great! No kids to wake for e-school, no calls to jump on, no husband heading in to the office. (His work from home experience starts Monday.) Again I started journaling during my devo time and was led to get the laptop and share…

  • CoronaVirus cake…

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    So my daughter is quite the baker. And quite the cake decorator. Tonight she made this… It’s a lovely lemon cake with lemon frosting. I’m absolutely impressed by her little crown spike/ pokie-outie things. Oh my.

  • SOAP: integrity of heart

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    Good morning! It has been awhile since I’ve published a devotional. Today I felt drawn to do so and so, rather than scribble on with my pen in my journal, I reached for my laptop so I could share with you. I do hope it brings some light, joy and truth to you. I’ve been…

  • Navigating London & Life Jan 2020

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    Hello, sweet friends! I’ve just arrived in London for a few meetings here and in Edinburgh, Scotland, over the next week. It’s just after 9 am here, making it just after 3 am back home in Texas. (I try not to think of the time back home, but I had to share.) I snapped that…

  • Giving Thanks: Gifts from a winter storm

    Giving Thanks: Gifts from a winter storm

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    Give thanks to the Lord; proclaim his name! Make his works known among the peoples. Declare that his name is exalted. Isaiah 12:4 Hello sweet friends! I am taking in the beautiful snow at Cornell University right now and just HAD to share it with you. I am parked here for a few days, awaiting…

  • SOAP: He is my strength. Always

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    “He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer He is my shield, and I take refuge in him; he subdues my people under me.” Psalm 144:2 Observation: He is always here/there. He is my strength — waiting through my sin and my good — through all. He wont leave me.…

  • Hearing HIM through the noise

    Hearing HIM through the noise

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    Does anyone else struggle in hearing His clear direction? I want to follow Him. I trust Him. I don’t think faith in Him is the problem… it’s faith in me to hear Him clearly. I look back on my life and see His hand so very clearly in so many ways in every single place.…

  • SOAP: I will SPEAK OF HIS SPLENDOR!

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    “I will speak of your splendor and glorious majesty and your wondrous works.” Psalm 145:5 Observation: Yes! There have been so many amazing ways He has guided me and provided for me — of course I should share these! Application: How will I do this? I keep thinking about it.  And I am getting better…

  • Giving Thanks– and being amazed by Him while reflecting over my speech

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    “Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence” Psalm 140:13 Father, I am so truly thankful for You — and You making me righteous through Your sacrifice of Your son and Jesus going through with it selflessly.  He had the big picture, the end, eternity in mind…

  • Wondering or grumbling? What’s your manna?

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    Good morning Ladies!! This morning I was re-reading Exodus 16 and I thought about all that wandering and grumbling. Then I thought about all my asking for big signs, all my wondering while wandering, and the number of times He has sent them. And it occurred to me that perhaps my questioning and asking for…

  • Morning Commute Haiku

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    I drive my boys to school from the suburbs of Houston into ‘town’ three days a week. My husband takes the other two. Sometimes they are sleepy guys, sometimes we talk, sometimes they work on homework. This morning, I glanced to my right as we were about to rise on an overpass and saw a…

  • Praying for our children- the third week

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    Good morning from Savannah, Georgia. That’s the view from my prayer perch in my hotel room this morning. I LOVE the trees!! I’m here dropping off our oldest for a high school program at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Yesterday was his first day and I am convinced that he is going to…

  • Looking for a beautiful story of humanity and love? I’ve got one!

    Looking for a beautiful story of humanity and love? I’ve got one!

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    This has been a summer filled with glorious books. I’ve enjoyed so much fiction, nearly fiction and non-fiction as I reveled in the extra time gained by not driving children across Houston to two or three schools and back. My latest read is “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” and it was magnificent!…