Tag Archives: Hope
My Reader Profile
As a writer, I’ve struggled to identify my target audience. It’s a dilemma that every writer faces. The more specific one can be, the better. But it has been hard for me to specify an audience by age or gender … Continue reading
Posted in Story
Tagged artists, author, Christmas, fishermen, golfers, gumshoe sleuths, Hope, nation, reader profile, sailors
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True Warrior
It is easy to get discouraged when faced with an insurmountable task. When those dark times come, impossibilities weight the mind with the fear that they’ll never be surmounted. Questions and confusion lurk like terrible shadows, casting a pall over the … Continue reading
Anchors Away
An anchor can’t catch a trout, but a hook can. I’ve thought for so long that in order for me to do something great for God I need to have great faith and with it, great hope—hope and faith so … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Scripture
Tagged Abraham, Anchors, Anchors Away, Catch, Ego, Faith, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Hook, Hooks, Hope, Humility, Life, Luke 1:37, Obedience, Sailing, Trout
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Tankfull
Life can get me down. Sometimes I just run out of gas. I wind up in a desert. Prickly cacti. Licking lizards. Hot rocks. The burning sun. The whole blue sky baking down. Sometimes I get restless here. Wanna go … Continue reading
Posted in Love of Family, Scripture
Tagged being content, breakdowns, burning sun, cars, contentment, desert, driving, gas, Hope, hot rocks, Jesus Christ, road trip, roadtrip, style definitions, waitign on God
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Intimately Breathing
Proverbs 16:9 says, “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” How does God guide me when I have the power to choose my own way? If I have free will, how does He … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Scripture
Tagged breathing, car wreck, damanged, decision making, free will, God, healing, Hope, intimacy, intimately breathing, Jesus Christ, love, power in decisions, therapist, therapy
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Stopping Terrorism
The only way I know how to stop terrorism is through the work of the Holy Spirit. In my own power, I can do nothing. Although I long to do good, to help others, to lift up my neighbors and … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Love of Family, Prayers, Scripture
Tagged 911, Boston, enemies, everlasting love, Faith, fear, Fishing, God, Hope, Isaiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, neighbors, September 11, sinners, stopping terrorism, terrorism, The Flood, tyrants, Yahweh
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Sorrow for Boston
My thoughts and prayers are with the citizens of Boston. I’m so sorry.
Posted in Prayers
Tagged Boston, boston marathon, Faith, Hope, jogging, marathon, prayers, terrorism
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The Strength of Hope
As Romans 5:5 tells me, “And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.” Our vision and understanding are limited, and will always be … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Love of Family
Tagged child, family, father, fearlessness, fighting, friendship, Home, Hope, Leadership, mother, prayers, Romans 5:5, soldier, teenager, US Soldier
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think unkink
So I’m sippin my soda under the gold sun in the high blue sky, trees rustlin, butterflies dancin. Life is good. Except for one thing. The lawn is dry. I mean crispy brown. The grass is old and shriveled, like … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration
Tagged belief, Faith, finding peace, garden, gardening, having faith, Hope, lawn, letting go, summer, sun, trust, waiting on God, worry
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