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Looking For The Joy!

Looking For The Joy!

My reading this morning brought a huge surprise for me!  Let me explain:  My morning devotions begin with reading  the popular book, Jesus Calling  by Sarah Young,  followed by reading her suggested Bible passages.  One of today’s passages: “… looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy  that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”   (Hebrews 12:2 NKJV) You know…

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Joel 2: The Day of the LORD?

Joel 2: The Day of the LORD?

We have been looking at the Old Testament book of Joel.  As a review: A Bible that had been burned in the recent wild fires in SE Tennessee Mountains has drawn a lot of attention.  The badly charred pages were rolled back to disclose the book of Joel chapter 1:15-19.  What does it mean?  Could it have been a sign or a warning from God?  I am leaning that direction in the hope that someone will be curious enough to do soul-searching regarding…

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Joel 1: Warning

Joel 1: Warning

I continue to be drawn back again and again to the partially burned Bible found at the tourist attraction, Dollywood, in Sevierville, Tennessee.  It was the blacken edges that appeared to be almost “rolled back” to reveal the Old Testament Book of Job that keep coming to my mind’s eye!  What could Joel have to say that would have any meaning to us over 2400 years later?  Well, it’s the mystery that is waiting to be discovered that draws me…

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