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Without a doubt

Good morning! You made it to Saturday! I am so excited for today because I get to be in a choir retreat all day and then go see Fleetwood Mac! 🙂 I will let you know how it goes. 🙂 Today’s scripture: Ezekiel 34:25-31The Message (MSG) 25-27 “‘I’ll make a covenant of peace with them. I’ll…

Power to persist

Good morning! We made it to Friday! Hooray! Today’s scripture: LUKE 18:1-8 (NRSV) 1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3In that city there was a widow who…

Time for head chef!

I have also become rather obsessed with the tv show, “Top Chef.” I am in the midst of watching beginning seasons. These chefs go all in. They work their tails off to create great food. I always cringe when they announce that the episode will have “Restaurant Wars” in it. This episode happens every season and tends to go poorly. There are two teams and they have to set up a restaurant of their own making for one night. This challenges everything they know about working together. This is a competition but they really must work together to make it work.

It usually doesn’t work. Someone gets egocentric. Someone takes over. Someone only cares about their dish and they all go down. If the team works as a team they are guaranteed to win the war.

Blech

Good morning all! Today’s scripture: Psalm 100 A Psalm of thanksgiving. 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his;[a] we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates…

To Do List

Good morning all! Today’s scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 12 But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who labor among you, and have charge of you in the Lord and admonish you; 13 esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you, beloved, to…

Blessings and judgement

Good morning! Today’s scripture: Romans 2:1-4 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Righteous Judgment of God 2 Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. 2 You say,“We know that God’s judgment on those who do…

X Marks the Spot

Good morning all! Sunday morning, here we come! Today’s scripture: Matthew 13: 44-52 (NRSV) The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant…

Time to sing again!

Good morning! What a beautiful Saturday! Today’s scripture: Judges 5: 1-3, 10-12 (NRSV) 5 Then Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying: 2 “When locks are long in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly— bless[a] the Lord! 3 “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; to the Lord I will sing, I will make melody to the Lord,…

God’s agents

Good morning! Today’s scripture: Acts 13:1-12(The Message) The congregation in Antioch was blessed with a number of prophet-preachers and teachers: Barnabas, Simon, nicknamed Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, an advisor to the ruler Herod, Saul. One day as they were worshiping God—they were also fasting as they waited for guidance—the Holy Spirit spoke: “Take Barnabas…

I Lift My Eyes

Good morning dear ones! We have ice out there! Please stay safe! Today’s scripture: Psalm 123 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! 2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,…

Living in Violet

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