Pamela Thorson
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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 #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…
