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Slightly Obsessed #103: The Tree of Life
He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. – Psalm 1:3 It was cold outside, the perfect wintry day for a visit to the local home and garden store…
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Slightly Obsessed #102: Seize the Flavor, Church
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. – Matthew 5:13 Imagine a world without salt. An elderly man sat in the doctor’s office,…
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Slightly Obsessed #101: God Doesn’t Need Our Opinions
Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. – Romans 14:4 They are legion. Opinions on every imaginable subject multiply daily in the primal soup we call the Internet. Cloaked in…
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Slightly Obsessed #100: When Perspective Shatters Our Pettiness
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,…
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Slightly Obsessed #099: A Daddy’s Love
You have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’ – Romans 8:15 The child in the old black-and-white print can’t be more than several months old. Wisps of blonde hair frame a cherubic face. Her wide, toothless grin lights up the room. She is perched on…
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Slightly Obsessed #098: Five Ways to Fight Fear
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them. – Psalm 34:7 The images were surreal, as if replayed from a Hollywood movie. But the mayhem, blood, and horror were very real as a French SWAT team stormed a Parisian shop and freed the hostages taken by a…
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Slightly Obsessed #097: Who Will Tell Them?
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when…
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Slightly Obsessed #096: Are You Haunted by Loneliness?
Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there. – Joss Whedon Jesus said to the twelve, ‘You do not want to go away also, do you?’ – John 6:67 I sat at the back of the church next to my friends, basking in the glow of a beautiful Sunday morning service. At the…
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Slightly Obsessed #095: The Best Gifts
You do not have because you do not ask. – James 4:2 The big box stood conspicuously in the airport. Shaped like a large present but sporting a huge monitor, it displayed a cheery message inviting airline travelers to the screen to swipe their tickets there. People like me who are naturally suspicious…
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Slightly Obsessed #094: Pearl
The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. – Matthew 13:45-46 Throughout the ages, the lure of finding fabled treasure has captivated the imaginations of men. The hope of a pot…
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Slightly Obsessed #093: Is It Possible to Find the Right Church?
And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness…
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Slightly Obsessed #092: The Author of Life
You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. – Acts 3:15 The call came one evening, while we were at work. We rushed to the nursing home and found her in her room. Her eyes were open but fixed on some spot beyond us.…
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Slightly Obsessed #091: Does Prayer Work?
The prayer of the upright is His delight. – Proverbs 15:8 It’s with you day and night. It’s always there for you if you are in trouble or just need to talk. It’s as close as your fingertips and you never go anywhere without it. I love my cell phone, too. How did we…
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Slightly Obsessed #090: A Day of Turkey, a Life of Praise
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. – Psalm 92:1 When you see Christmas coming… The well-known Bible commentator Chuck Missler once said, “When you see Christmas coming, you know that Halloween is almost here.” Every year, nearly as soon as the…
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Slightly Obsessed #089: Fierce in Loyalty
For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth, that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. – 2 Chronicles 16:9 One of my best friends proudly wears the nickname “Mama Bear.” She’s one of the most loving people I know. She quietly endures the occasional gossip…
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Slightly Obsessed #088: The God Who Sees
The woodcarver… cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his…
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Slightly Obsessed #087: One Love
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, ‘Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’ – Revelation 21:9 The pain in their eyes is indescribable. It is a suffering worse than death,…
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Slightly Obsessed #086: Song in the Night
I will remember my song in the night. – Psalm 77:6 It could be a story in the news anywhere in the world today. This event, however, occurred two thousand years ago in the city of Philippi. Two Christian men were on their way to pray with other Christians when they were attacked…
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Slightly Obsessed #085: An Audience of One
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, But to Your name give glory – Psalm 115:1 “Here’s how to stand out in a noisy world,” the ad in my inbox promises. Like many writers, I’m regularly bombarded with advertising for the newest tips or book or webinar that will surely teach me how to…
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Slightly Obsessed #084: At the Edge of Faith
Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. – Hebrews 11:6 Remember when you first discovered God? Remember praying for the streetlight to change or the car to make it to…
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Slightly Obsessed #083: Dead Man Walking
He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.’ – Revelation 3:1 Without Christ, we are worse than zombies. With Him, we are more than conquerors. Someone once asked English evangelist…
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Slightly Obsessed #082: When the Problem Isn’t the Problem
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead. – Chinese Proverb You know it’s happened to you. That one guy in your office or your class constantly needles you. He cajoles you into taking on more of the work he’s supposed to be doing. Or the new female…
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Slightly Obsessed #081: Yearning to Be Free
Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check. -Psalm 32:9 She sits in the coolness of the green grass in the shade of a large Austrian pine. It’s a sparkling fall day. A hint of autumn…
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Slightly Obsessed #080: Limitless
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to…
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Slightly Obsessed #079: Made in His Image, Part 2
And Jesus said to them, ‘Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’ – Mark 12:17 Whose image is stamped into your soul? They slithered into the Temple, snakes on the hunt. A group of Pharisees and Herodians sent by the Jewish leaders conspired to…
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Slightly Obsessed #078: In the Image of God, Part 1
Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…’ God created man in His own image, in the image of God. He created him; male and female He created them. – Genesis 1:26-27 You were born to create. Do you ever wonder what God looks like, and what it…
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Slightly Obsessed: 077: In the Belly of the Whale
I called out of my distress to the LORD, and He answered me. – Jonah 2:2 God gave a tough assignment in a big city to His servant Jonah, a mission the prophet was loathe to accept. The ancient city of Nineveh took three days to walk through and is thought to have…
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Slightly Obsessed #076: Prism
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the Light of the world.’ – John 8:12 Our newborn son was very ill. Kevin lay in a sterile room fighting pneumonia. He was just three weeks old; so tiny, so new on this earth, already having to fight for life. I stayed with…
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Slightly Obsessed #075: The New Nazis
When the Nazis came for the communists, I did not speak out; As I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I did not speak out; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; As I was not a trade…
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Slightly Obsessed #074: Transplant
Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. – Solomon 4:16 Mother grew up in the South and often longed to surround herself with reminders of her old haunts after she and dad moved to the Pacific Northwest. One thing she really wanted was…
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Slightly Obsessed #073: First Love
I know your deeds and you toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; and you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary.…
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Slightly Obsessed #072: Earthen Vessels
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves. – 2 Corinthians 4:7 We are jars of clay. Earthen vessels, cheap to make, easily breakable, disposable. At the time of Jesus’ first coming, these jars were used for…
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Slightly Obsessed #071: Heirloom
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven…
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Slightly Obsessed #070: Do You Worship the UNKNOWN GOD?
He has also set eternity in their heart: yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. – Ecclesiastes 3:11 We know it’s there. A gnawing restlessness springs from deep within man and testifies to a sobering truth: We are meant…
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Slightly Obsessed #069: Blood Moon
The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. – Joel 2:31 They predicted a bad moon rising. More specifically, a “blood moon.” I really didn’t want to awaken from a deep sleep to gaze at the skies. But I…
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Slightly Obsessed #068: The Bus to Nowhere
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. – John 10:10 Morning has broken. The day starts well enough. The earth is turning, the sun is shining, and I’m breathing. So far, so good. Then the battle begins. A stray word or a look of irritation from someone annoys me. A…
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Slightly Obsessed #067: In the Shadow of His Wings
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. – Matthew 23:37 What more vivid and tender picture of a protective momma can there be…
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Slightly Obsessed #066: Unexpected
Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. – 1 John 2:28 Are we really supposed to be watching for Christ’s return? What does it matter, as long as we’re saved? One Christmas Eve the extended family…
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Slightly Obsessed #065: Fortress
He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke. – Psalm 104:32 Where do you run when your world shakes? This week television cameras caught the moment a 4.4 quake rocked parts of Southern California. Newscasts were in progress when the quake hit. Replays of the footage showed…
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Slightly Obsessed #064: Skin for Skin – The Man Who Proved Satan Wrong
Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face. – Satan to God (Job 2:4-5) Do you ever wonder where God is when something bad happens to…
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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.