thoughts in the watchtower

Revelation 1:6

2011-03-01T09:58:00.001-06:00

This started as a facebook status, but I kept thinking of things to add.Revelation 1:5-6: To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His...

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Christmas Invitation

2010-12-23T10:48:00.000-06:00

In the past three weeks, I have made fudge, snickerdoodles, chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, inside-out Oreos, and a double-batch of divinity. I have stayed up until 2:00 in...

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Another Love Story -- Part 6

2010-11-23T12:15:00.001-06:00

“God been preparing you and the one He has for you for one another like Isaac and Rebekah. Don’t accept the counterfeit. He will be a man with an apostolic anointing, but don’t put the word...

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Another Love Story -- Part 5

2010-11-19T12:17:00.000-06:00

"Isaac is coming! Isaac is on his way. You've waited long, but Isaac will come as God has promised. And the Lord says to get rid of the Ishmael." ~"Reverend T." Mississippi, Spring, 2006 "God,...

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Another Love Story -- part 4

2010-11-15T14:42:00.001-06:00

“God says that He’s preparing an Isaac for you, and that the Holy Spirit will be your Eliezer and will draw the two of you together at the appointed time.” ~”Reverend T” Mississippi, Spring, 2004 JD...

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Another Love Story -- Part 3

2010-11-09T11:37:00.000-06:00

"God gave you this desire for relationship, and He cares about the feelings of loneliness that you've always faced. He is going to bring an Isaac to you." ~"Stephanie" Florida, June, 2000I first...

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Another Love Story -- Part 2

2010-11-03T20:56:00.000-05:00

“God, do You just not care about my feelings? I’m lonely!”It was the fall of my senior year in high school in Asia. I was seventeen years old, all arms and eyebrows, and convinced I was invisible. My...

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Another Love Story -- Part 1

2010-11-03T20:55:00.000-05:00

I was unprepared for the mix of emotions that would surface the night that I met JD’s parents. Panic met dread and spiraled into a desperate hunger for love that belied the affection-lavished...

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Merry Heart Meditations - Part 2

2010-08-10T10:09:00.001-05:00

…because God has a sense of humor…Water WalkingFor the most part, the Lord seems to like to take His time bringing things about in my life. I still have so many dreams as yet unfulfilled. However,...

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The Lion: "I wish I were..."

2010-07-27T08:49:00.000-05:00

“I wish I were braver,” says Lucy Pevensie in the 2008 cinematic portrayal of C.S. Lewis’s “Prince Caspian.”Aslan replies, “If you were any braver, you’d be a lioness,” and a smile dawns across her...

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Merry Heart Meditations (part 1)

2010-07-21T16:24:00.001-05:00

…because God has a sense of humor…Definition of “A Beans Day”It had been a high stress day at work; I came home exhausted and had a raging headache. JD decided to be kind and start dinner for...

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Productive Pain

2010-07-15T17:40:00.000-05:00

My friend, Sara, is one of my role models. She has what I like to call “forefather-faith”–the kind of stubborn trust in the faithfulness of God that sent Abraham away from his family looking for a...

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When He Says "Forever"

2010-06-30T12:06:00.002-05:00

In the United States, statistics typically agree that one in two married couples will get a divorce. The percentage gets higher when we focus on those who have married for a second or third time. We...

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here's to you

2010-05-27T09:15:00.000-05:00

My apologies to all of you who regularly read my blog for the Scripture musings–this one is going to veer from my usual trend just a little. I saw a post by one of my mentors today that warmed my...

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abominable reputation

2010-05-12T16:23:00.001-05:00

Near the end of last week, I was listening to a sermon that referenced Luke 16:15. Jesus is talking to the people about the dishonest manager, who, through his shrewdness, canceled debts owed to his...

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Who You Are

2010-05-10T11:56:00.000-05:00

They say You're bigger than we are--that to be able to shrink You down to our level with glib explanations would minimize the greatness of who You are. Does it sadden You, or anger You, or amuse You...

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give me Your Name...

2010-04-26T13:20:00.000-05:00

"What an idiot!""You're such a doofus!""Did you see that jerk just cut me off?""Why are you being so stupid?""Ugh--he's so annoying!"____________________________________The pastor of the church I...

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shekinah

2010-04-23T11:43:00.000-05:00

Thick, black smoke billowed across the sky, hanging like thunder-heads on the horizon. Orange streetlights glared down into the pavement. Orange flames licked the blazing car stalled on the...

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the meekest one

2010-04-06T13:59:00.000-05:00

In the beginning was the Word of God incarnate. The Word took a physical body and lived with us. He was light shining in the darkness, hope in the face of despair, love blooming in hate, beauty in...

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zoe

2010-03-30T13:35:00.002-05:00

While reading in John 1 this morning, I felt the Lord quicken my heart over verse 4: In him was life, and that life was the light of men.In particular, I felt the Holy Spirit settling over the words...

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the way of truth

2010-03-25T10:02:00.001-05:00

Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. ~Psalm 86:11What is Your way, God? What does it mean to walk in Your truth?Truly, Your way has always been...

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unchanging

2010-03-15T14:56:00.000-05:00

I've spent hours staring at a brick wall. Sometimes days....even years. The lesson God began teaching me over a year ago continues to come back around--the quiet voice that answers, "here I am" in...

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modern-day psalm

2010-03-12T14:55:00.001-06:00

Your Spirit hovers over the sea of humanity, eyes probing hearts and searching spirits. Do You see me? I'm waving frantically with the banner of love that You gave me. I want to draw Your eyes,...

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new pages

2010-02-22T14:48:00.002-06:00

There’s a new section here at the Thoughts In the Watchtower site. A new page entitled “Scripture Thoughts” should be showing up under the link to my bio (on the wordpress site). I’m going to start...

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to the streets, i say!

2010-02-14T10:08:00.000-06:00

Ah, February 14. It stirs up so many emotions... A few years ago when I was a first-year undergraduate, I "observed" by wearing a black shirt to classes. A year or two later, I'd progressed to...

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