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Anxious Thoughts

Diane Reid

  When my anxious thoughts multiply within me; Your consolations delight my soul.  Psalm 94:19 I’d like to say that I am breezing through this COVID-19 with joy and grace and peace, but alas, that’s not true.  Oh, sometimes, it is.  Maybe even most of the time.  But often, in the wee hours of the morning when sleep has once again evaded me because of this pandemic, my thoughts become anxious and they multiply within me. Thoughts like when God when, why God why and please God tell me how to get through this.  When my brain is filled with … Continue reading Anxious Thoughts

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The Terror in the Hallway

Diane Reid

The Terror in the Hallway  The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,    he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths     for his name’s sake. Even though I walk     through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil,     for you are with me; your rod and your staff,     they comfort me. Psalm 23: 1-4   When we were kids, we loved to watch Alfred Hitchcock and Twilight Zone.  We would all gather in the family room and watch and tremble and get sooooo … Continue reading The Terror in the Hallway

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Whose Job Is It?

Diane Reid

 It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He … Continue reading Whose Job Is It?

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Tattooed

Diane Reid

Tattooed Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands…” Isaiah 49:16 A man I know has eleven kids and each of their names is tattooed on his arms. Both arms are covered with names. He doesn’t get to live with all these children, but he keeps their names in front of him and holds them dear in his heart. In similar fashion, God has inscribed you on the palms of His hand. My name is there also. I take comfort in that. He loves us so much that every detail of our lives is ever before Him. … Continue reading Tattooed

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Be Here Now!

Diane Reid

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.  Matthew 6:34 I had a dream the other night.  In this dream I was going somewhere and it seemed to be a long way away.  I was tired and had been walking a long time and for whatever reason, I was carrying a heavy backpack. Seemed heavy enough to be filled with rocks but I don’t know what was in it because I never stopped to look.  In the dream, I felt a sense of urgency.  Stopping to look in the … Continue reading Be Here Now!

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Betrayed

Diane Reid

What about other betrayals?  I felt betrayed by my body when it no longer could perform daily tasks; really betrayed.  It wasn’t easy to come to grips with the fact that this body that has carried me faithfully for so many years was now unable to do so.  I felt betrayed by doctors who medicated me and sent me on my way without really hearing me or seeing me.  Betrayal.  It stinks. People offer words of comfort when one is going through a time of betrayal.  Among the words offered is the statement that Jesus will never leave us. He … Continue reading Betrayed