Tag Archives: God’s faithfulness

Healing Rain

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Myrna Folkert

Brillance doesn’t get us to God but humility does. God is speaking in rumbles of thunder this morning. The lightning occasionally flashes over the lake. A light fog lifts moisture from Lake Michigan. We’re in a safe environment this morning. … Continue reading →

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Hallowed Ground

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Myrna Folkert

I volunteer for a Hospice in my area. As a hospice vigil volunteer, we go into the home or nursing facility during the night hours to relieve the family. They get much needed rest while their family member is imminently … Continue reading →

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A Three Strand Cord

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Myrna Folkert

  This is not your normal post about how my husband is my best friend and better than anyone else’s husband. Yes, I love him and respect him greatly. Yes, we’ve been married 31 years today. But it’s so hard … Continue reading →

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My Father’s Arms

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Myrna Folkert

  I consider the week taking care of my grand nephews and nieces kind of like a mission trip I guess… I don’t know how else to put it into words. It was a blessing to me just as much, … Continue reading →

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A Harvest Night

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Myrna Folkert

That fall feeling was in the air. The smell of corn husks and leaves. The chill that makes you pull your coat closed. Maybe I was 8 or 9 years old. Often I’d sit on top of the warm pile … Continue reading →

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Reflections are 20/20–One year ago…

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Myrna Folkert

It seems like so long ago. Last Thanksgiving seems like such a distant memory. Now we’re almost upon another one. So much has happened since then. I feel that I am a different person and have learned beyond what I ever … Continue reading →

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If a tree could talk, the stories it could tell… Part 2

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Myrna Folkert

That old tree. It held many a child in the length of it’s years…   As long as I can remember, that towering tree spread it’s branches over us. It stood across the street from my own farmhouse. A bunch … Continue reading →

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If a tree could talk, the stories it could tell…

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Myrna Folkert

The trees in the backyard were “clapping.” It was a very icy morning in December, when all the branches on the trees were swaying back and forth in the breeze. It was making a sound akin to someone haphazardly playing … Continue reading →

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Every Summer Has A Story…

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Myrna Folkert

This summer has been such a whirlwind. As I was sitting for a short break on a street in Chicago back in June, a saying on a shop window was suddenly staring right back at me. Thinking it was so … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Myrna Folkert

Okay, so I know that this is a post that God really wants me to write, so I’m trying for the third time.  It disappeared twice now, and I’m very frustrated!  Do you ever have that happen?  If Satan wasn’t … Continue reading →

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