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Yesterday, I was privileged to spend a good portion of the day with two lovely Christian sisters.  We were celebrating the completion of Faith Words 2012. As a prelude to our celebration, we sat in my living room and each one of us in turn shared from memory the 24 verses (23 verses for one sister) God had written on our hearts last year.  Even though we're all three good friends, we were more than a little nervous and intimidated as we shared.  But oh, what a joy to hear God's words flow form the hearts and mouths of these precious ladies!  How beautiful is the word of God Almighty to the mind and to the ear! These verses had become our stronghold and shield, our rock and our hope through many difficult situations and through many times of joy.  They will forever stand as our Ebenezer, our help from God Himself because we believe that He selected them for us to encourage us in our walk. These verses have seen us through deaths of loved ones, life stage ch...

If you're new to Faith Words or just need a reminder of how it works, here are the instructions:   OPTION 1:  TWO VERSES PER MONTH On the 1st and 15th of every month , beginning January 1 st , visit the GCR Women’s BlogSpot http://gcrwomen.blogspot.com/ and post your memory verse as a comment to the blog entry.  You are committing to 24 Scriptures in 12 months. OPTION 2:  ONE VERSE PER MONTH On the 1st of every month , beginning January 1 st , visit the GCR Women’s BlogSpot http://gcrwomen.blogspot.com/ and post your memory verse as a comment to the blog entry. You are committing to 12 Scriptures in 12 months. OPTION 3:  DAILY BIBLE READING Select a daily Bible reading schedule and stick to it.  On the 1st of every month , beginning January 1 st , visit the GCR Women’s BlogSpot http://gcrwomen.blogspot.com/ and post a brief comment telling where you are in your daily reading and a key verse that God has used to speak to you. For ...

Another new year.  We look back. We look forward. Behind me is another year's worth of things I did right and things I did wrong.  Good things happened in 2012 and so did bad. When I start looking at all that went on last year, I tend to focus on the places where I failed, where I fell short, where I made a mess of things, where things didn't turn out the way I'd hope they would.  Pretty soon, that's all I can see and my head sinks in shame and my heart is heavy with the burden. Add to that all that can worry us and cause us to fear the coming of 2013.  The world's political climate seems to become more unstable each day.  And even if we don't go off the "fiscal cliff" tomorrow, the national debt keeps climbing, threatening to bury generations to come with financial woe.  The condition of our society is also at risk and seems to decline long after we thought it had reached the bottom.  The war against traditional marriage and the family wages on. ...