Posted on December 9, 2022
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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This season’s looked different for us. From my going down again off and on (mostly on) for a couple weeks, affecting our plans to get together with my side of the family for Thanksgiving; to both of our kids having jobs, now, and seeing… Continue Reading “Rejoice! God’s with You!”
Category: MeaningTags: All Out, Attention, Aware, Confidence, Elizabeth, Emmanuel, Exceedingly, Favor, Feelings, God is With You, Great, Immanuel, Intensity, Interest, Jesus, John, Joy, Lean in, Leap, Mary, Measure, Presence of God, Purpose, Recognize, Rejoice, Relationship, Savior, Son of God, Spirit, Spirit of God, Strength, Thoughts, Total Effort, Value
Physical connection…That’s what some people believe strong love is. There are parts of this that are true…making time and making effort produces strong love, but a key element is missing from this equation. If this element is absent, love becomes whatever you want it… Continue Reading “Love: the Key Ingredient”
Category: MeaningTags: Action, Against Sin, Anger, Blessings of God, Celebrate, Compassion, Controlled by God, Cooperate, Effort, Enabled, Favor, Forgiveness, God is Love, God's Character, Hurt, Kind, Love, Obey, Offenses, Passion, Patience, Physical Connection, Practice, Retaliate, Serve, Share Joy, Share What God has Done, Share Who God Is, Spirit of God, Time, True Love, Truth, Useful, What God Prefers
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
I can hear thunder, as I begin to type this. It started about 10 minutes ago, but the rain is just now coming down. My kids are walking to a local park to watch a friend’s baseball game, and we’ve been playing phone tag,… Continue Reading “Ride out the Rain Delay”
Category: LifeTags: Blessings, Complete, Endurance, Faith, Favor, Give Honor to God, Grace, Joy, Little League, Maturity, Promise, Protection, Rain Delay, Remain Under, Ride it out, Share Joy, Spiritual Growth, Storm, Suffer, Tests, Thoughts, Wait Patiently
For those of you who know us and are jumping to conclusions in your mind,…No, we’re NOT pregnant!! We’re, actually, going to talk about a name given to a particular baby boy and the name’s meaning. Naming a child is always a big deal.… Continue Reading “It’s a Boy!! What’s His Name?!?”
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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!””
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