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Green

Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Green. Green is probably my favorite color of spring and summer. As I see life blooming in the plants and trees, I am always amazed...

Love, Trust, and Abide

Last week was a good week of thought provoking devotional readings beginning with Ecclesiastes 12:13 and Matthew 22:34-40. I confess … I have loved the Matthew portion since hearing Beth Moore teach on it many years ago now. But I don’t remember reading...

Second Chances

It is often said that God is the God of second chances. To be honest, I hadn’t thought about it lately, how amazing His grace is until reading a story in the book of Exodus the other morning. Moses threw down the tablets of stone in anger upon finding the people...

Enable

Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Enable. The word brings to mind being helped. Enabled is defined as “to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability...

The Best of Hope Heart Home 2020

Blogging is a unique form of writing as it can often be like reading one’s personal diary. Thoughts and emotions are processed through the journey of one’s words which invite others into the journey. Susan Chamberlain Shipe is no newcomer to blogging and...

Preparing to Live Wisely

Who would want to own a car, but not having any gas in the tank. Matthew 25:1-13 brings us the wise and foolish virgins. They all have their lamps, but not all are prepared. We might even say some were partially prepared. This portion of Scripture is addressing the...