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Lyrics Bethel It is Well

It is Well (unmixed cover by Julie Stiles Mills)

Recorded October 30, 2015 "Far be it from me to not believe, even when my eyes can’t see..." ...
and I know things now, many valuable things, that I hadn't known before.

and I know things now, many valuable things, that I hadn’t known before.

It was Sunday afternoon. I was in "my" room. The living room. Looking out the window that spans nearly an entire wall, hypnotically watching a baby squirrel chowing down on ...
say what you mean. don't be mean when you say it.

say what you mean. don’t be mean when you say it.

I cut waaay back on facebook over the last few months. Derisive sarcasm and hate were saturating my news feed, weighing and wearing me down. As I tentatively become more ...
fiddlesticks

#edify: profanity

The first curse word each of my children heard came out of my mother's mouth. Let's just say it wasn't one of the curse words you might find in the ...
#IreadthereforeIquote: Jason Boyett ~ faith isn't the absence of doubt.

#IreadthereforeIquote: Jason Boyett ~ faith isn’t the absence of doubt.

the quote: “...faith isn't the absence of doubt. It's believing and acting alongside your doubts... ...faith wouldn't even exist if doubt were not also present, because the essence of ...
#memoryverse:  Esther 4:14 ~ you were created for such a time as this

#memoryverse: Esther 4:14 ~ you were created for such a time as this

#memoryverse "And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" Esther 4:14b (NIV) thoughts: I posted only the second part of ...
thereforeiquote Steve Fry Root sin of all sins is desire to act independent of God

#IreadthereforeIquote: Steve Fry ~ the desire to act independent of God

the quote: “I don’t know that Lucifer’s sin was rebellion in the full sense of the word. He did not seek to replace God or overthrow God. He simply ...
itiswhatitis bracelet

it is what it is.

It is what it is. Pray about it. Change what you can change. Fix what you can fix. But if you can't change it - if you can't fix it ...
Bible BB John 3 27 Person cannot receive even one thing unless given him from Heaven

#memoryverse: John 3:27 ~ I have nothing unless it is given from Heaven

#memoryverse "John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. John 3:27 (ESV) thoughts: I have nothing unless it is given to me ...
thereforeiquote Brother Lawrence No further uneasiness about it

#IreadthereforeIquote: Brother Lawrence ~ on forgetting God

the quote: “That when he had failed in his duty, he only confessed his fault, saying to GOD, I shall never do otherwise, if You leave me to myself; ...
Colossians 3 23 Work as Unto the Lord Bible text NIV

#memoryverse: Colossians 3:23 ~ as working for the Lord, not for men

#memoryverse "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" Colossians 3:23 (NIV) thoughts: The first word that jumps into my ...
thereforeIquote Philip Yancey Lesson from Job Can Say Anything to God

#IreadthereforeIquote: Philip Yancey ~ We can say anything to God.

the quote: “One bold message in the Book of Job is that you can say anything to God. Throw at him your grief, your anger, your doubt, your ...
negativity. flip it or zip it.

negativity. flip it or zip it.

Note to Self: Every time you began to say something negative, stop. and consider two other options: flip it or zip it. ‪#‎edify‬ Complaining and constructive criticism are two different ...
Richard Dawkins on the Possibility of Intelligent Design

Richard Dawkins acknowledges the possibility of Intelligent Design…

How did I not know this? Anti-theist, Richard Dawkins believes in the possibility of intelligent design: "It could come about in the following way. It could be that at some ...
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Richard Dawkins on Christians: “mock them. ridicule them. in public. with contempt.”

Been thinking about something Richard Dawkins said when he spoke about meeting someone who claims to be religious: "Mock them. Ridicule them. In public." Religion "needs to be ridiculed. With ...