Devotions for the Distracted Heart

Search Me, God, and know My Heart - Psalm 139:23A NIV

Distraction of Disappearances

He knows about everyone, everywhere. Everything about us is bare and wide open to the all-seeing eyes of our living God; nothing can be hidden from him to whom we…
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Rock path through river

Distraction of Distance

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? Psalm 139:7 When I was a young bride, we moved from Michigan to Maryland to begin…
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Cultivate a listening heart

A Distracted Heart

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find…
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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel - Isaiah 7:14

December Presents

Hi Friend! Instead of just a devotion this month, I wanted my December post to be full of presents for you. So if you will check the end of this…
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Wonder of Women

Distraction of Defensiveness

Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness.…
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Halloween disguises - zoombie, dead prom queen and captain america

Distraction of Disguise

Excited for Halloween  Then she took Esau’s best clothes—they were there in the house—and instructed Jacob to put them on. And she made him a pair of gloves from the hairy…
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Lake at sunset

Distraction of Ditches

I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me.  When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. Psalm 94:18-19 “You’ll love it. The…
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disappointment - Sitting on a chair looking out at the sea

Distraction of Lost Diamonds

I had an ache in my heart as we arrived to our destination. Rick reminded me that we couldn’t do anything more and prayed with me to try and ease my anxiety.
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Recombobulation Area - Feeling a bit discombobulated? Don't you wish you had a place to recombobulate?

Distraction of Discombobulation

It started me thinking about the many times I experience other situations where I feel completely discombobulated and out of sorts.  Sometimes I wish I had a place or a way to recombobulate and regroup.
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Peg Arnold's Mom Merrill

A Mother’s Day Tribute

When we said our final goodbye, surrounding her in the Tight circle of family she had created in her womb… Whom she had nurtured and served all her life, It was to release her to the freedom of heaven, To the great love of God and all who had gone before.
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