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
It’s been said that after a husband and wife have been married for a long time, they start to look like each other. Maybe it’s especially so, if they’re best friends, as it’s also been said that best friends’ faces start to look alike!… Continue Reading “Transformed or Conformed?”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Adonai, Behavior, Conform, Control, Decision, GOD of Gods, God's Authority, Identified With, Look Like, LORD, Master, Mind, Outward Form, Outward Results, Ruler, Sovereign, Spirit of God, Thoughts, Transformed, Words, Yahweh
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
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