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2021, Psalms

In This Erring World

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Just a Word this morning. 
A Word of hope for us living in an erring world.
A world that grieves the soul of every born from above brother and sister. 
The airwaves are filled with the voices and images of people that make this Word imperative for us.

Psalm 37.
The whole of it is so needed and I encourage you to read it all today but let me give you a few verses to start. 

1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 

3 Trust in the Lord and do good; Live in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

7 Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act.  Don’t worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.
8 Stop being angry! Turn from your rage!  Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm. source

2021, Proverbs, Psalms

Apples

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What is most precious to our frame? What part of our bodies do we automatically protect? 
Our Eyes. 

We don’t have to think about it – it’s part of our nature. Simultaneously with the threat, the body responds to protect the apple of our eye.

What does The Father want us to protect as the apple of our eyes? 

His Teachings.
His Word that He has given us.
The Word we have hidden in our hearts that we may not sin against Him.  Psalm 119:11

I’m working on it. 
How about you?
2021, It's a Bonus Post, Psalms

Warm, Happy Difference

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For me it is more than cool, it’s cold this morning.
Cold enough that I’d just as soon stay in my flannel pj’s, curl up in the library, and cozy the day away… Or just a few minutes. ☺️

There’s so much wrong in this world it’s easy to lose grasp of what is Holy.
Just in my circle of people, the colossal trauma is biting, wounding, and mind aching.
Fatal disease, death, flesh screaming relationships wounding and lacerating souls, young and not so young, mixed and stirred together with the agendas of the Elite wicked ones.

Blessed indeed are the Saints of GOD who have finished their mission and have been awarded Home. Psalm 116:15
And yet we left behind so humanly grieve.

And then I look up and out – a Cardinal is feeding with tiny and delicate friends.
Streaks of light rays fall here and there on grass still green.
Baby Girl’s gifted spinner is gently reminding me I am loved. The Word of GOD, both printed and displayed is ours to lavish.
And The Great Commission stands.

Let us rejoice. Psalm 118:24

Ahhh — just a little ceramic heater makes such a warm, happy difference. 

2021, Just Chatty Today, Psalms

Reminiscing

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Good Morning, Friends and Family,

Yesterday’s post being a repost has spurred me to reminisce a bit. 

My post log here at The White Stone records that we have published 2, 957 posts (not including this one) since March of 2007.
That’s a lot of words — even for me!  

I wrote my first devotion for public consumption in 2003.
I don’t remember the month.
I do remember enjoying an especially enlightening devotional time that morning before going to the law office (paralegal, never made it to law school :) ), so much so I was prompted to share it via email with I think about five (5) girlfriends/sisters of Faith.

From that morning on, on a regular basis, I wrote and emailed them. In time the email list grew. So much so it was necessary for me to divide the email addresses into groups, emailing 4 sets with each devotional writing.

Circa 2007, I discovered Blogspot. With this, the distribution of the devotionals was greatly simplified. 
It was not without cost though — change is often resisted and this venture was no exception as not all the email recipients followed to the blog. It was new. Even so, we persevered and here we are today. 

If memory serves I wrote at Blogspot from about 2007 until circa 2011 when we moved to WordPress.
Many of the logged 2,957 posts were imported from Blogspot to WordPress. 
And to be as transparent as memory allows me to be, 98 are copy and paste posts — so not all are first-run originals. 

Bottom line — it’s been 18 years of devotional writing!  I am grateful! 

A quick check confirmed Blogspot is still live. Not mine, of course, but others are still writing there. 

I do not recall the reasons that brought me to WordPress but I am grateful to be here. 
There have been changes here at WordPress as to how blogs are crafted and how they function. Some changes I have appreciated, some I have accepted. Such is life, isn’t it? 

What are the total numbers on our readership?
I don’t know. But I am grateful for each and every one of you. 

Thank you for reading and thank you for every return visit you make here. 

Over the years, we have added Pages and deleted Pages — there’s a lot to read (and videos to watch) here at The White Stone. 
In it all I hope to help, encourage, enlighten; to be a voice that Holy Spirit can work through to edify sisters and brothers, AND to plant a seed in the hearts of those seeking GOD.  

Again, thanks for reading. You are welcome here. And if you want someone to pray with you — we are here. Just let us know. 

Father GOD, may not always answer the way we want, but He will always answer better than we asked. 

Psalm 5: 2 (1) Give ear to my words, Adonai, consider my inmost thoughts.
3 (2) Listen to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I pray to you.
4 (3) Adonai, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I lay my needs before you and wait expectantly.  source