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Slightly Obsessed #263: Have This Talk with Your Soul
Tonight you turned on the tv. Gloom, death, and agony are everywhere. The smell of sulfur pervades the airwaves as Satan dances in the blood of destroyed lives. Disgusted, you turn the set off. Then you worry what you may be missing. What if something’s happening you need to know about? You checked out social…
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Slightly Obsessed #262: The Long Wait
Listen to this article Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great. God to Abram -Genesis 15:1 You probably still know the song by heart. Father Abraham had many sons. Many sons had Father Abraham. I am one of them, and so are you. So let’s just…
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Slightly Obsessed #261: Looking for God in All the Wrong Places
And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. The angel said…
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Slightly Obsessed #260: In the Stillness
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’ Hardly had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go. – Song of Solomon 3:4 The little artificial tree perches on an antique treadle sewing machine, swathed in a…
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Slightly Obsessed #259: Eli’s Song
So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 18:4 He enters a room with six-year-old abandon, bursting with enthusiasm. He never shows up at our house empty-handed, though. Sometimes he clutches his newest collection of cards or rocks or fishing gear to show us. Often…
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Slightly Obsessed #258: Thank God For You!
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. – Philippians 1:3-5 Another day sinks into eternity without resolution, yanking the scab from the wounds of battle. In…
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Slightly Obsessed #257: The Trifecta of Grace
But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger…. – James 1:19 A well-known Bible scholar recently posted some interesting news relating to current events on social media. The comment section was instantly bombarded with heated arguments. People who claimed to be Christians traded harsh and ignorant barbs. They posted…
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Slightly Obsessed #256: Silently, He Absorbs Your Pain
Because in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain. – Ecclesiastes 1:18 A heavy dawn groans into a new day, dragging an underbelly full of yesterday’s burdens. Like the clouds, I awaken gray. Whiny child inhabiting an elder’s body, my first lucid thought of the day is…
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Slightly Obsessed #255: Never Look Away
Peter responded and said to Him, ‘Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.’ And He said, ‘Come!’ And Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and came toward Jesus. But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and when he began to sink, he…
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Slightly Obsessed #254: Be Not Deceived
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to distinguish between good and evil. – Hebrews 5:14 We walked through the tall, dry grass with a forester friend as we checked out the progress of the fledgling evergreens on our property overlooking the river valley. The men sauntered down…
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Slightly Obsessed #253: As It Began to Dawn
When God Invades Our Despair Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week…. -Matthew 28:1 So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus…
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Slightly Obsessed #252: Traditions, Expectations, and a Pandemic
What is left when a pandemic takes down our world? And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.’ When the angels had gone away from them…
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Slightly Obsessed #251: Rosh Hashanah – We Will Be Changed
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. – 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 When Will…
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Slightly Obsessed #250: Goliath Will Go Down
The Philistine also said to David, ‘Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.’ Then David said to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the…
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Slightly Obsessed #249: Some Are Born to Weep
Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! – Jeremiah 9:1 It’s Okay to Cry He is known as the weeping prophet. Born in Anathoth, the son of a Hebrew priest, Jeremiah lived approximately…
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Slightly Obsessed #248: My Father’s America
Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? -Francis Scott Key All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles…
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Slightly Obsessed #247: What The Prodigal Never Saw
And Jesus said, “A man had two sons.The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them.And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there…
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Slightly Obsessed #246: There Is Hope
This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. The LORD’S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I have hope in Him.’…
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Slightly Obsessed #245: Are You Rooted?
Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test? …
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Slightly Obsessed #244: Where Does God Live?
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. …
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Slightly Obsessed #243: Dance the Night Away
Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. – Psalm 149:3-4 (NASB) I was working in the house one quiet afternoon on the last day of March when…
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Slightly Obsessed #242: The Year God Sent Us to Our Rooms
“All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.” -Hebrews 12:11 The children are squabbling. They haven’t done a single thing you asked them to do all day. You talk to them, bribe…
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Slightly Obsessed #241: How Then Shall We Live?
Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according…
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Slightly Obsessed #240: The Bridegroom Is Coming
He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. – Revelation 22:20 Have you ever wondered why Jesus used the concept of a bride and groom to describe His relationship with the Church? It was not an accident that Jesus is referred to in Scripture as the Bridegroom…
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Slightly Obsessed #239: A Parent’s Pain, a Father’s Heart
And he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him, and kissed him. – Luke 15:20 Hello. My name is Pam Thorson. I am a parent. A parenting book entitled, Parenting Is Hard…
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Slightly Obsessed #238: When the Night Closes In
God said: ‘I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands.’ And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all night. – 1 Samuel 15:11 For years, I slept like a log. The demands of a growing household often…
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Slightly Obsessed #237: Social Media Stoning
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool. – Ecclesiastes 7:9 Blood-thirsty mobs have always existed. But revenge was a simpler act to carry out in the days before computers. People just stoned the offenders. The wounds were physical and usually fatal. It was not supposed…
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Slightly Obsessed #236: Rescue
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him And saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them. – Psalm 34:6-7 Rescue is such a beautiful word. It acknowledges the complete and utter dependence of someone in trouble upon another for relief. It alludes to the dire predicament of…
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Slightly Obsessed #235 Lose Your Reputation and Gain a Life
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy…
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Slightly Obsessed #234: The Fear of Sudden Glug
Listen to this article Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes; For the LORD will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught. – Proverbs 3:24-26 Our son’s pet Solo is a street dog adopted from a local humane shelter. Solo makes…
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Slightly Obsessed #233: When God Tears It Up
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and…
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Slightly Obsessed 232: Beyond the Veil of Tears
My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken. – Psalm 62:1-2 One striking aspect of Christ’s time on earth is how little He revealed of His own struggles. We know little of His sorrows…
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Slightly Obsessed #231: Suddenly
In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid;…
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Slightly Obsessed #230: Are We Spiritual Darwinists?
From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, ‘God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen…
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Slightly Obsessed #229: When Pain Is a Good Thing
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. – C.S. Lewis It’s deep into the football season. Some players have been sidelined with season-ending injuries, while others limp through the games. In a 2016 ESPN article entitled “How NFL…
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Slightly Obsessed #228: The God of the Grateful
I will remember the works of the LORD: yes, I will remember Your wonders of old. I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds. – Psalm 77:11-12 (Berean Study Bible) The voice on the other end of the line sternly lectured me. “Pam,” the doctor scolded, “You’re in denial. Accept…
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Slightly Obsessed #227: Release the Beautiful
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of…
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Slightly Obsessed #226 Triune
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12 God created mankind in His image, we are told in Genesis. His image is expressed through humanity…
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Slightly Obsessed #225: Why Lightning Doesn’t Strike the Wicked
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about…
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Slightly Obsessed #224: When the Pressure Feels Too Great
My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His reproof, For whom the Lord loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. – Proverbs 3:11-12 It sits in our dining room in all its four-foot, leafy splendor. It’s a fig tree, and it’s a bonsai. At least, it…
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Pamela Thorson
Believer, wife, mom, grandma, nurse. Contributor at cmaddict.com. Homeschooling vet. Daughter of the American Revolution. Charred but still standing.