Maybe you haven’t asked this question in this particular way, but you may have asked something like: Have you been there? I have…a number of times. Even in writing this blog, I’ve been there! I’ve wondered how He’ll use each post He’s led me… Continue Reading “Is _______ Growing? I Can’t See It!”
Category: God's WordTags: Ability, Abraham, Adam and Eve, Appoint, Blessing, Chosen, Commission, Enable, Faithfulness, Famine, Fruit, Fruitful, Growth, Jacob, LORD, Loss, Mentor, Noah, Obedience, Plant, Process, Promise, Purpose, Rebekah, Ruth, Sarah, Spiritual Growth, The Waiting, Trust
You probably know that sunlight is powerful, necessary, and good for Vitamin D, but did you know that there are certain parameters in which soaking it in is most helpful to your body? I’m sure you’ve heard people talk about getting time in the… Continue Reading “Soaking in the Light”
Category: HealthTags: Absorb, Approved, Body, Bones, Busyness, Calcium, Cancer, Clouds, Deficiency, Depression, Distractions, Energy, Expose My Sin, Goodness, Health, Heart, Jesus, Life, Light, LORD, Mind, Muscle Weakness, Osteoporosis, Phosphorous, Presence, Shame, Skin, Soul, Source, Sun, Sunlight, Sunscreen, Time, Truth, UV Rays, UVB, Vitamin D
Posted on January 13, 2023
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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It was nearing the end of the season. A snow storm was coming toward California, and the time was now. Alex Honnold (Free Solo climber and the first person to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan without a safety rope) and Emily Harrington (five-time US Sport-Climbing… Continue Reading “Words and Hearts: On a Cliff Edge or Plummeting Down the Mountain?”
Category: MeaningTags: Acceptable, Allowed, Appropriate, Blameless, Cleanse, Cliff, Concentrated, Continuous, Control, Danger, Declare, Edge, Eternal, Everywhere, Feelings, God's Glory, Heart, Jesus, Limits, LORD, Mountain, Offering, Private, Public, Reason, Redeemer, Refuge, Sacrifice, Safety, Saved, Savior, Self-Existent, Thorough, Thoughts, Trouble, Understanding, Weightiness, Will, Words
Posted on February 12, 2022
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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My daughter likes to get out of the house; that’s how she’s wired. If I go to the gas station, she’ll go with me. If I run to the bank, she’ll ask to come along. It doesn’t matter where or how long the trip… Continue Reading “I AM with You”
Category: LifeTags: Alone, Amazement, Andrew, Authority, Boat, Directive, Disciples, Fish, Fishermen, God is Near, God is With You, God's Purpose, Good Works, James, Jesus, John, LORD, Master, Net, Obey, Orders, Owner, Peter, Reason, Resistance, Simon, Sin, Trust, Unbelief, Why
Posted on February 5, 2022
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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It was 4:45 a.m. when I woke from a dream. I don’t remember what I dreamed, but I do remember vividly how tightly clenched my fists were in the dream…and when I woke up…so much so that my hands hurt. It took a conscious… Continue Reading “Clenched Fist or Open Hand?”
Category: KidsTags: Authority, Closed, Combat, Confessing Sin, Control, Darkness, Do Not Fear, Dream, Enemy, Fighting, Fist, Glory, Hand, Heaviness, Help, Impact, LORD, Open, Pain, Palm, Power, Relax, Right Hand, Sin, Soar, Spirit of God, Storms, Tension, Timing, Weightiness
If you’ve graduated high school, do you remember your class colors or motto? I remember our colors, but, sadly, not our motto. I DO remember our class verse, which we also picked out at a Christian school: “But those who wait for the LORD… Continue Reading “How Do I Rise Like an Eagle?”
Category: MeaningTags: Ability, Above Storm, Birds, Change Garments, Eagle, Eagles, Energy, Fight, Glide, Holy Spirit, Lock in Fixed Position, LORD, Not Tired, Not Weary, Power, Renew, Rise, Run, Serve, Soar, Storm, Strength, Stress, Wait, Walk, Weary, Wind, Wings
Posted on January 22, 2022
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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If you typically don’t set New Year’s resolutions, you’re not alone. According to CBS News, only “29% of Americans say they will be making New Year’s resolutions [in 2022], down from 43% a year ago.”1 I started looking at this new year toward the… Continue Reading “Happy New Year! Revised Look and New Lengths of Posts”
Category: LivTags: Bold, Change, Communicate, Dedicated, Format, Headers, Length, LORD, New Year's Resolution, Posts, Prayer, Revise, River of Life, Shorter, Time