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Lessons learned the first 50 years

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I hit a milestone. I turned 50 years old. I am thankful that I don't feel 50.   I am thankful for things God has taught me throughout those 50 years. .  I have learned that God loves mercy and when I feel a sense that justice needs to happen over mercy, all I need to do is remember that I am thankful for when God gives me mercy instead of a just punishment.   (Micah 6:8 8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.) ( Luke 6: 36  Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. ) I have learned that hurt people end up hurting people.   When I am able to see that I didn't hurt them but I am bearing the results of that persons hurt inflicted by other people, it helps me forgive whatever hurt they pushed onto me and move on.  (Romans 12 : 18  If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. )  I have learned that anyone who thinks they have God
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The Armor of God by Shirer - Part 1

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For this school year, I have hosted a women's Bible study using the guide, The Armor of God, by Priscilla Shirer. She was the lead actress in War Room, the movie that was out recently. Our enemy is real, but He has been disarmed (Col 2:15).  He has been overruled (Eph 1:20- 22).  He has been mastered (Phil 2: 9-11).  He has been rendered powerless (Heb 2:14).  All His hard work will be destroyed (1 John 3:8) The devil wishes to distract us, discourage us, divide us and disable us.  So start today and pray...  There are so many truth she points out, and as the weeks go on, I will post about them.  She starts by showing that Ephesians 6 declares we have a real enemy, and it isn't other Christians (we have to stop attacking each others.. let the hand be a hand, head be a head, etc, as we are all the body of Christ... another blog for another day). Ephesians 6: 10   Finally,  be strong in the Lord and in  the strength of his might.   11  Put on  the whole armor of God
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Silence

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Silence, sorry about mine. It has been a crazy year.  No wonder moving is considered as stressful as a death in the family.  I still am trying to figure out my grove.  Life is full of new and the same challenges.  It is just part of living in a broken world.   I just read a great historical fiction book, one that makes you think about God's supposed silence during hard trials.   The book is called Silence by a Japanese author named  Shusaku Endo.  My son is in 11th grade but taking college classes through Toccoa Falls College ( a Christian College in Ga). http://www.tfc.edu/about-tfc/what-we-believe/     This is one of the books he had to write about.   This historical fiction is not God's word, but the fictionalized character is based upon what our Catholic brothers in Christ endured to know Christ, and for this reason, it is worth reading.  He wrote this riveting novel, centered about an inexperienced Portuguese priest named Rodrigues, whose faith is stretched and t
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