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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

What Bubbles Beneath Your Surface? Caesarea Maritime (Israel #1)

February 18, 2017 by Loree

Excitement hung in the air like a birthday balloon at a three-year-old’s party. As I scurried from the packed tour bus, my feet first touched Israel’s soil at the ruins of Caesarea Maritime. My [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly

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

Top Ten Posts for 2016

February 3, 2017 by Loree

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Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly

How I Learned Dignity Under Fire

January 29, 2017 by Loree

Our backyard spilled huge from the tiny brick house. Or so it seemed through the eyes of four year old me. These box-like structures in this modest East Texas neighborhood blended one after the other [Read more...]

Posted in: Decorating & Design, Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: astuteness, childhood, dignity, East Texas, grace, influence, mouse, Proverbs 31:25, role model

How to find God’s Grace in Your Wreckage

January 22, 2017 by Loree

I had been saving like crazy, For two years. The odometer on my little red car neared 150k miles, ushering in a new era of one annoying mechanical problem after another. It rang clear this car [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 2 Timothy 1:9, Ananias and Sapphira, Craig's List, deceitful, encourage, follow me, generous, holy life, love, mercy, new car, pettiness, The Rich Young Ruler, totaled

Panic at the Movies: How to Deal in the Face of Evil

January 14, 2017 by Loree

Breath held, white knuckles exposed, we ride toward the epic climax. Transported through space and time, we dare believe this impending disaster can reverse itself into a victory for our hero. The [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: collateral damage, evil, false alarm, gunman, movies, prayer, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 91:1-5, refuge, solace, terrorism, violence
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