She was unloved, yet she longed for the attention, the affection, the favor of one. Has your focus ever been on securing the attention, affection, or favor of one particular person (i.e., a spouse, a future spouse, a boss, a friend)? Wherever the LORD… Continue Reading “Loving the Unloved”
Category: LifeTags: Affection, Attention, Compared To, Desire, Disgust, Enemy, Favor, Focus, God Hears, God Sees Me, God's Plan, Grieve, Hated, Jacob, Jesus, Joined, Joseph, Kelly Minter, Leah, Levi, Loved, Opponent, People, Praise, Rachel, Unloved, Weary Soul
Posted on February 22, 2021
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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There were so many things to remember. It was the first time I’d gone downhill skiing. I was a kid and thought it was a good idea to start on the hill with the tow rope! Like anything new, it was a bit overwhelming… Continue Reading “Hold the Line”
Category: LifeTags: 1 Chronicles, Absorb, Acknowledge God, Actions, Against the Lord, Balanced, Be Ready, Be Ready to Move, Bend in Submission to God, Bend Your Knees, Block Your Way, Bumps, Clings to God, Conceal It, Consider Others, Continually, Cover of Darkness, Cross, Desire, Disobedience, Display Their Sin, Don't Lean, Don't Let Go, Don't Turn Toward the Cover of Darkness, Don't Turn Toward the Dry Valley, Downhill Skiing, Dry Valley, Empty Pride, Establish It, Evil, Exalt God, Exodus, Facial Expressions, Falling Over, Fell, Focus Your Sight, Get Out of the Way of Others, Glorious Presence, God's Righteousness, God's Will, Heart, Hill, Hold, Hold on Tight, Humility, Important, In Front of You, In Line with God's Ways, Jerusalem, Judah, Keep Moving, Keep Your Eyes Focused, Kingdom of God, Know God, Let God, LORD, Make the Path Level, Matthew, Move, Move Toward the LORD, Obedience, Overwhelming, Parallel, Paths, Philippians, Pleasantness of God, Pray, Pray about Everything, Prepare a Habitation for Him, Proverbs, Psalm, Reach Your Destination, Ready, Rebel, Recognize Him, Remember, Removing Obstacles, Rope, Salvation, Seek, Seek the Lord, Seek the Lord's Presence, Seek the Lord's Strength, Selfish Ambition, Side by Side, Skiing, Skis, Smooth, Sodom, Song, Soul, Speech, Spiritually, Straight, Strength, Stumbled, Supports Me, Testifies, Tow Rope, Toward, Trust in the Lord, Trying Not to Forget, Turn Away from Evil, Understanding, Upright, Work of Your Hands, YHWH, Your Ways May Be Established
It was the…I don’t know (I lost count)…time that I told him, “No,” and redirected him to something he could have. My patience was getting exercised, for sure! Our puppy is growing quickly and has found that it’s pretty easy for him to get… Continue Reading “Take a Look in the Mirror”
Category: KidsTags: Absolute Word, Acceptance, Annoyed, At Home, Bring God Glory, Cain, Cheerful, Choose, Choose Differently, Choose Otherwise, Choosing Well, Control, Decent Choice, Decision, Desire, Desire Arises, Desire to Control, Desire to Serve God, Discussions, Do the Opposite, Do Well, Do What We Shouldn't, Doing the Wrong Thing, Don't Act out of Emotions, Don't Do Well, Door, Door of Our Minds, Door of Your Soul, Ecstatic, Emotions, Entrance, Exercised, Face, Facial Expressions, Filter, Forgiveness, Frustrated, Genesis, Gently Guide, Goal, God's Design, God's Intension for Us, God's View of Wrong, Good Things, Happier, Honor God, I Do the Same Thing, Instruction, Know, Lay Down, Lifted Up, Listen the First Time, Look, Look at Decisions as a Whole, Look in the Mirror, Make Its Home, Make the Right Choice, Making a Mistake, Making an Error, Master It, Maturing, Missing the Mark, Morally Right Choices, More Optimistic, No, No One Listening, Not a Comparative View, Overwhelms, Patience, Pleased, Preparation, Proud, Puppy, Redirect, Redirected, Right Decisions, Showed, Shown Me the Best Way, Sin, Sin Lurks at the Door, Stand Firm, Target, The LORD, Thought, Thoughts, Told, Verse, Visibly Different, What God Thinks is Right, Will
I had no idea what it was. All I saw was brown to my left, felt something powerful hit the driver’s side front of my car, saw a dark shadow right in front of me, and my car came to an immediate stop from… Continue Reading “Wonder–The Additional Offering”
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Can you believe it’s been a month ago since we first broached the topic of one of Jesus’ names being A Wonder?!? If you missed that post, check out “Wonderful Counselor…OR Wonder and Counselor,” posted on December 7, 2020! It’s the foundation of the… Continue Reading ““…My Name…Is Wonderful!””
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: A Wonder, Abundance of Honor, Action, Angel of the LORD, Barrenness, Believe, Believed, Believing Parents, Brag, Brag about God, Brag about God's Abilities, Brag about God's Achievements, Brag Profusely, Burnt Offering, Celebrate, Circumstances, Clear to See, Counselor, Couple, Describe, Desire, Family Legacy, Favor, Fear, Focus, Free Will, Freely Give Honor to God, Freewill Offering, From the Heart, Give Credit Where Credit was Due, Give Honor, Give Honor Freely, Give Honor to God, Give to the LORD, Given, Given Freely, Giving Honor Freely, Goat, God, God Showing Himself, God Shows Himself in a Way That was Clear to See, God's Abilities, God's Achievements, God's Character, God's Goodness, Great News, Honor, IF, Improperly Directed, Incomprehensible, Incomprehensible Wonder, Isaiah, Jesus, Jesus' Names, Judges, Lack of Faith, Listening, LORD's Direction, Manoah, Name, No Condemnation, Not a Command, Not a Perfect Sacrifice, Object, Offer a Burnt Offering, Offer Appreciation, Offering, Overwhelmed, Overwhelming, Parents, Pride, Promise of a Child, Promises of God, Promises Will Be Kept, Receive the LORD's Direction, Response to God, Satisfaction, Set Apart, Set Apart to Serve God, Share, Share Glory, Share Honor, Share What God has Done, Share Who God Is, Suggested, Suggestion, Thankful, Theophanic Angel, To the Appropriate Recipient, Wasn't Commanded, Weighs Heavily, When, Will Happen, Without Blemish, Wonder, Wonderful, Wonderful Counselor, Would Happen
