For Support and Balance, Lean on God

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Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it (Ezra 10:4). After surgery, I could only put “big toe” weight on my right leg for a month. That meant my left leg, supported by a walker, had to bear the load. In order to keep me from ending up with one weak, puny leg and one buffed one, I have non-load bearing PT exercises for the right one. Why only big-toe weight? Our big toes are big for a reason. Our bodies use them to balance. Ever watch a ballerina “on toe”? It…

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By the Letter

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And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him (Colossians 3:17). I love words. So God uses them to get my attention, especially when I play word games with my friends as I sip my morning coffee. Today the letters were T-L-A-I-R …hmmm. I could spell trail or trial. The only difference in the two letters is the position of the vowels, A and I. That got my mind whirring. When things are in a mess, I want the quickest way out. I…

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Mom’s Legacy

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  What item in your closet should probably be thrown out? If somebody rummaged through my clothes, they’d most likely choose the ratty ol’ black sweater. It’s faded, a bit threadbare, and stretched out of shape. But it still hangs in my closet…for a reason. When my mother passed away, my sisters and I packed up her clothes. We each took a few as mementos. I chose the black sweater, already worn with age. If I feel a bit down, I slip my arms through the sleeves. It is almost as if my mom is hugging me once again. My mother was…

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BEING A DIGITAL MISSIONARY by Julie Cosgrove

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Being a Digital Missionary  by Julie Cosgrove Before I began writing fiction, I became a freelance writer. My late husband’s job required us to move a lot (28 times in 35 years.) The best way I could bring in income was to click away at the keyboard. Wherever there was an internet connection, my customers could find me! I immediately landed bids. In thanksgiving, I tithed my work day to God, writing for Him first. I came across a devotional blog site through Truth Media, Christian Women Today. I queried them in 2008, and from then on wrote two devos…

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Rags to Riches

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By Julie B. Cosgrove All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6a). An eighty year-old friend told me of a cruel joke her older siblings would play on her when she was a little girl.They told her they were going to give her to the “rag man.” She explained a man came through the streets with a horse-drawn carriage collecting old rags and other broken items people no longer wanted. Her brothers and sisters were in essence telling her she was junk. Unwanted. Originally homemade rag dolls were…

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