Category: Friday Flowers

“The joy of the Lord is your strength,” (Nehemiah 8:10).   The joy-moment came in the middle of a difficult season of ministry. We’d stolen…

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Heavenly Father, Thank You for my pastor’s family. Thank You for blessing them with three children, three unique children. Thank You for allowing us the…

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I’m Praying for You I pray a lot in the shower. No one sees me there, and the water spray masks the tears. To be…

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I’m Annoyed “Sometimes I want to hide in the bathroom,” a friend once said to me, confessing her struggle to love a certain individual in…

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What satisfies you? What brings you …purpose? …identity? …joy? Ponder the topic with me for a moment. “When I have ___________ I will be happy.”…

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I read an interesting article on millennials in the last few weeks and suddenly as I was reading the article some pieces that had been…

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“The joy of the LORD is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10).   A few years ago in southwestern Ontario we had one of the coldest winters…

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“The joy of the LORD IS your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10).   My fifth grade English teacher had us write in our journals every day. In…

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Christmas Names By, Tobi H. I love listening to Christmas music all throughout the advent season. Recently, I’ve been meditating on the hymn based off…

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 Worshipping the Wonderful One By, Wendy M. “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?”  (Judges 13:18) I never thought of going to…

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