The Jesus Gypsy

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  • grateful again (a repost from a weary soul)

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    As Thanksgiving approaches, I am faced with likely spending 80% of yet another holiday season in the car, packing back on half the weight it has taken me all year to lose, and frantically working on final term papers.  But before you even think about feeling sorry for me, I must confess that I have…

  • to be continued…

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    I am choosing to believe that you have missed me as much as I have missed you.  It likely isn’t true, but perhaps the best part of being a writer is my ability to create my own reality at any given time. Please let me start by saying that I am so very sorry that I…

  • victory celebration

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      I am a sucker for baptisms.  They get me every time.  I don’t know why I even bother to wear makeup on Baptism Sunday because the sobbing is so severe, God help my mascara.  I so love the symbolism of being washed clean, of being made new, of being raised up in new life. I just can’t ever…

  • get up and get busy

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    Sometimes, when I look out on that great big world of ours and I see all the sickness and suffering, I just want to curl up in fetal position and rock in the corner until the trumpet sounds and Jesus comes on back to get me. If you read my post, An Army of Fireflies, you’ve already had…

  • the when

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    Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33   As we continue to unpack what it means to be deeply rooted in relationship with God, we are looking closely at the basic principles of Christianity; the Who/What/When/Where/How/Why of faith.  So far, we have…

  • the what

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    For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast… Ephesians 2:8-9 As we explore being rooted in relationship with God, we have been working through the basic beliefs of Christianity; the Who/What/When/Where/How/Why of…

  • roots

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    And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.    Colossians 2:6-7 Scripture uses a…

  • there is a season

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    Remember that late 60’s hit from The Byrds, Turn, Turn, Turn? “To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose, under heaven…”   We usually think of that song as an anthem for peace in a time of war, but did you know that the lyrics…

  • good friday

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    Good Friday Who am I, that you’d suffer and die That your innocent blood would let So that I’d be redeemed and now be free To be the person I am not yet The nails that pierced your hands and feet Were my sins you chose to bear Beaten and bruised on my behalf With…

  • chinese water torture

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    So last night, we were going through our nightly bedtime rituals when, much to our surprise and annoyance, our smoke detectors all started going off.  A quick, adrenaline-packed race through the house proved that no fire was burning anywhere, and yet that persistent and piercing siren continued to wail. We reacted like any nice Christian folks would;…