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  • The Cones We Wear
    Wednesday, October 15th, 2014     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

      This is not a favorite verse; it's a favorite story. But, as I read it today, I felt convicted!     She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."  Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment. Matthew 9:21-22   I love this story. The woman had been bleeding for several years and… Read More

  • The Path out of a Wasteland: Isaiah 43: 18-19
    Thursday, October 9th, 2014     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    Nothing is more powerful than God’s Word. It transforms us – if we lift its truths off the page and into our lives. Over the next several weeks, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite verses and those of friends and family. I pray that, as you read how His Word has ministered to us, you'll find a favorite of your own.     Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See,… Read More

  • A World of Color
    Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    Photo credit: Bustle.com Fantastic Fall! For some of you, fall has already began to whirl it's color wheel in the trees Here, in west Texas, things are shades of brown, as usual, although recent rains have began to transform the desert into green mounds of... Weeds. How do these things live through three years of drought? Humans struggle to keep lawns alive, flowers blooming, and crops growing. But, somehow, these weeds manage to lurk in stasis… Read More

  • Trying to Earn God’s Favor?
    Friday, September 19th, 2014     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    You don’t need to be perfect to be loved by a perfect God.   There it is, the headline on the church page in the Seminole Sentinel I must really need this lesson because God keeps pounding it into my feeble brain. I've seen Scripture proclaiming it. I've read blogs and posts confirming it. I even wrote a blog on it myself. Still, here it is again, in big letters on a page of the… Read More

  • Wanna Play?
    Tuesday, September 16th, 2014     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14  I spent the past two weeks in Pennsylvania playing with my 4-year-old grandson and 2-year-old granddaughter. I read books, worked puzzles, and played out in the back yard, We flopped on the floor with a box of crayons and some pictures and joyfully colored outside the lines: green sky, purple dogs, yellow… Read More