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Slightly Obsessed #023: Silence
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, Is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. Proverbs 17:28 I lightheartedly threw out an offhand comment in the middle of a meeting between friends. It sounded hard and even a bit rude, and I instantly regretted saying it. The person to whom…
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Slightly Obsessed #022: Breathe
Breathe your life into me I still need you I’m falling, falling Breathe into me “Breathe into Me” – Red In the beginning, all creation sprang to life at the word of God. All creation, that is, except Man. Man was different; he lay cold as clay until God breathed into him. Down…
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Slightly Obsessed #021: Love Letter
…but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. – John 20:31 The house was dark and cold, but deliciously quiet as I finally walked in the door from an afternoon of running…
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Slightly Obsessed #020: Made for More
I am, I said To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair “I Am…I Said” – Neil Diamond A television channel used to promote its series with clever edits spotlighting some of its more quirky characters. The teaser ended with this invitation: “Characters are welcome here.” In…
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Slightly Obsessed #019: Riddle in the Mirror
When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. – 1 Corinthians 13:11 She was barely a teen-ager, just stepping into that turbulent age between exerting her new-found sense of independence…
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Slightly Obsessed #018: Kaleidoscope
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. – Colossians 4:13 Racheal is a fair-skinned…
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Slightly Obsessed #017: Come
Peter said to Him, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water. – Matthew 14:28 No Time to Grieve When Christ Jesus received the news his cousin John had been brutally beheaded to please Herod’s sister-in-law, He gathered his disciples and took a boat across the Sea of…
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Slightly Obsessed #016: Beautiful Heritage
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. – Psalm 16:6 Their stories of faith and sacrifice are repeated around the world. Jim and Juanita pastor a small church nestled in the heartland of Idaho. In the winter they get up early every Sunday morning to fire up the pellet stove that heats the…
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Slightly Obsessed #015: Incognito
For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. – Hebrews 12:3 It wasn’t a long line at the burger drive-through. But it seemed to be moving slowly. Maybe it was just because it was New Year’s Eve. I’d had a…
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Slightly Obsessed #014: The Coming
He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly.’ Amen. Come Lord Jesus. – Revelation 22:20 Watch in fear, O nations. Tremble before His splendor. Slink away, you night terrors. Your passing comes in a moment. Wait in wonder, all host of heaven. Eternity falls upon you. …
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Slightly Obsessed #013: Have No Fear
Come, have no fear, God’s Son is here “What Child Is This?” – William Chatterton Dix The voice on the other end of the phone cracks with emotion. I pause to allow time for composure to come. I’m fighting to keep mine. A person I love is in pain. There have been too many…
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Slightly Obsessed #012: Reflection
True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. – C.S. Lewis Two of our sons love to hike together in the wilderness of Washington and Idaho at least once a year. Our eldest son Erik is an avid photographer and takes breathtaking pictures of the scenery surrounding them…
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Slightly Obsessed #011: For Such a Time as This
And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this? – Esther 4:14 A Jewish orphan raised by her older cousin appeared to be destined to a life in obscurity. Then the king of the land became unhappy with his queen. He decreed that all the beautiful young…
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Slightly Obsessed #010: A Prayer of Thanksgiving
It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. – Psalm 92:1 Dear God, I’ve been thinking lately about those in the Old Testament who complained and became the Ungrateful Dead, while I wallow in my complaints, Unscathed. I’ve been wondering…
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Slightly Obsessed #009: His Eye Is on the Junco
Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. – Luke 12:6-7 It was not a sparrow but a junco huddled on the concrete. Juncos are one…
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Slightly Obsessed #008: From Caveman to King
I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, ‘You are my refuge….’ Psalm 142:5 – A Maskill of David, when he was in the cave. The young man David huddled in a cave and pondered his future. He was so very far away from his beloved pastures, where he cared for his…
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Slightly Obsessed #007: Word of God, Speak
Word of God speak Would you pour down like rain Washing my eyes to see Your majesty – MercyMe There is nothing so compelling as a person who listens. The prophet Eli was an old man when Samuel began ministering in the house of God in Israel. In those days it was rare to…
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Slightly Obsessed #006: The Missing Piece
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus. -Blaise Pascal Not feeling fulfilled? The beloved and time-worn expression “God-shaped vacuum” gives the impression a human is like a five-jillion-piece jigsaw you…
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Slightly Obsessed #005: A Dangerous Faith
Only you musn’t press him. He’s wild, you know. Not like a tame lion. -Chronicles of Narnia C.S.Lewis I want so much to have God figured out. Categorized. Safely tucked into stackable boxes of doctrine. But decades of this pursuit have left me convinced He is unfathomable. The more I know Him, the less…
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Slightly Obsessed #004: Alien
alien n. a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial 1. …the detection of alien intelligence will be an enormously big story. We’ll know we’re not alone, and we’re not the smartest things in the universe. -SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute 2. Each year, the U.S. government spends billions of dollars and endless man…
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Slightly Obsessed #003: One Whisper
I may not know what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future. I may listen to a thousand tongues, but I only hear one whisper. The Future First Call When Elijah fled from the evil queen Jezebel, he was one tired prophet. Exhausted in body and soul, he figured he was a…
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Slightly Obsessed #001: Incomparable
God can use broken instruments to make incomparable music. -Joni Eareckson Tada Are You Broken? All of us are, in one way or another. For some of us, physical disability or devastating illness has ravaged our lives. For many, the emotional pain of secret wounds and failures have become unbearable. Some of us are…
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Slightly Obsessed #002: Enthroned in the Heavens
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. -Abraham Lincoln It was just an article about a bird. It wasn’t just any bird,…
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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.