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Wake Up for the Amazing of this World: ((Israel #5) Musings From the Sea of Galilee

March 19, 2017 by Loree

The glassy surface shimmered like diamonds scattered across it’s deep blue waters in the late afternoon sun. Six-hundred feet below sea level, the Sea of Galilee exists as the lowest fresh water lake [Read more...]

Posted in: Israel Trip, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Always, Andrew, bleeding woman, Caperaum, Centurion's servant, faithful, fishermen, James, Jesus boat, John, Matthew 4:13, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 5, Matthew 7:28-29, Mount of Beatitudes, paralytic, Peter, Sea of Galilee, Sermon on the Mount, Sodom, storm, Tiberius, Unbelievers, walk on water

Truth or Lies: Are We Blinded by What We Think We Already Know? Zippori and Nazareth (Israel #4)

March 11, 2017 by Loree

Can you picture it, Icy fingers leading frigid white winds as they blast down a blinding snowstorm like a locomotive full steam ahead… In the Holy Lands? Me either. In a kooky historical tale, [Read more...]

Posted in: Israel Trip, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel

Seeing God’s Hand in The Plan Of Our Ordinary Lives: (Israel #3) A Visit to Tragic Megiddo (Armageddon)

March 5, 2017 by Loree

I confess I had no idea. I’ve read through the Old Testament a few times and yet this name was as foreign to me as if I’d never read a word of it in my life. Megiddo even appears eight times in the [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: 2 Chronicles 35:22, Ahab, Armageddon, Barak, David, Deborah, God's plan, I Kings 9:15, Jael, Jezebel, Josiah, Judges 5:19, King Thutmose, Megiddo, ordinary life, Sisera, Solomon

God Has Patience For We The Wishy-Washy: (Israel #2) Showdown at Mount Carmel

February 25, 2017 by Loree

To think I was standing on a place where God wrought a mind-blowing miracle, a mountain where unprecedented drama unfolded thousands of years ago. Where his presence glowed through the answered prayer [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: 1 Kings 18:16-45, Ahab, Baal, confidence, Elijah, faithful, Jezebel, prayer, Sin, wishy-washy

I Can’t Wait to Share This With You!: The Holy Lands Blog Series

February 14, 2017 by Loree

Hello Friends, I'm so exited to share this trip with you! Quick Update: Beginning this weekend and over the next few weeks I will be blogging about our  trip to the Holy Lands. This was our [Read more...]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Caesarea Maritime, Holy Lands

Change Your Habits–Change Your Life

January 1, 2017 by Loree

(pictured is chicory coffee, vanilla milk and choc chip cookie with a beater of dough, peanut butter hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows and grilled drum with cubed fried grits.) Happy New [Read more...]

Posted in: Food/Recipes, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: beignets, coffee, discipline, French Quarter, goals, gumbo, habits, hardships, Isaiah 41:10, New Orleans, new year, no pain no gain, pain, pralines, Psalms, scripture, student of the work

Change Your Habits-Change Your Life

January 1, 2017 by Loree

(pictured is chicory coffee, vanilla milk and choc chip cookie with a beater of dough, peanut butter hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows and grilled drum with cubed fried grits.) Happy New [Read more...]

Posted in: Food/Recipes, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Baton rouge, boot camp, Cafe Du Monde, chocolate chip cookie, coffee, discipline, exercise, French Quarter, goals 2 Timothy, habit, Isaiah 41:10, memorize, New Orleans, new year, no pain no gain, peanut butter hot chocolate, personal training, pralines, promise, Psalms, spiritual discipline, The Gumbo Shop

The Looming Election and Other Life Distresses: Three Reminders That God is in Control

October 29, 2016 by Loree

  A small crowd huddled as cameras snapped. Smiles and laughs tinkled like chimes in the breeze. Curious, I halted my blissful meandering and moved near. Could it be what I think it is? [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: anxiety, control, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 4:17, election, Goat, peace, prayer, Romans 13:1, worry

The Key to Finding Lasting Peace in a Wrecked World

October 24, 2016 by Loree

The city lights winked and twinkled magic as my son and I strolled giddy down a quiet Paris boulevard. On a satisfied high, full from a repast of Sea Bass swimming in a perfectly infused sauce, I [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: comfort, displaced, evil, fairness, God is in control, homeless, justice, Paris, peace, Psalm 10:17, Psalm 13:5-6, Psalm 4:8, Psalm 7:9-10, Psalm 9:9, Syrian refugee

How To Grab The One Thing That Really Matters (Rwanda #9)

October 8, 2016 by Loree

She the oldest rises early, Sometimes 4:30am. No surviving mother, so the oldest girl becomes that figure to her siblings. She must make sure there is water, light the oven in the yard, gather [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: busy, children, contented, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Ecclesiastes 1:11, Ecclesiastes 1:3-6, faithful, Joyful, just say no, legacy, Rwanda, stress, trust
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