Tag Archives: prayer

Blessing

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Myrna Folkert

This is a Five-Minute Friday post. As most of you know, we write for five minutes, post it, and then link up on Kate’s blog here: http://fiveminutefriday.com/2017/06/29/count-your-blessings/ Today’s word is BLESSING. GO: Given that I have insomnia a lot lately, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Eyes of Your Heart

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Myrna Folkert

Would you please give me just a couple minutes? Look hard into my hazel eyes and listen.  Don’t be angry, the reason I’m saying this is because I love you so much. What I want to tell you is that … Continue reading →

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A Prayer On the Shore

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Myrna Folkert

Quench my thirst, Living Water. Help me trust you God, when I doubt. Remind me of your faithfulness. Enable me to be your vessel of healing. Advise me with Your Holy Spirit. Ease my anxiety when I feel can’t make … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Desperate Vigil…

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Myrna Folkert

  Hunched over on my knees, I raise my head. I scan the western horizon praying that I’ll wake from this nightmare. The gut-wrenching fear would pass. Oh, that all this would be a terrible mistake. Please Lord, oh please … Continue reading →

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Focus and Be Mindful

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Myrna Folkert

I’ve been learning something from readings I’m doing. The practice of mindfulness is not a new-age or mystical belief. It’s a practice which Jesus taught. Be mindful. Watch and pray. Do not worry, for today has enough worry of it’s … Continue reading →

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Glass Half Full-when you’re wondering whether to give up

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Myrna Folkert

  This year is half gone today, or if you want to look at it with the “glass half full” attitude, half the year is left! Six whole months to do great things, adventures, fill it with joy. Make a … Continue reading →

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The Promise

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Myrna Folkert

This week, I witnessed the manifestation of a promise God made to me a long time ago. He began to confirm to me years ago, that I would write. It was a dream that had been put on the back … Continue reading →

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The Edmund Fitzgerald Shipwreck

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Myrna Folkert

“The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” “The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy … Continue reading →

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When There Are So Many Good Things, and Only Some That are the Best

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Myrna Folkert

It’s hard to say no. Our friend, Lysa Terkeurst, reminds us of this in her book, “The Best Yes.” It’s that time of the year. In many ways fall is a beginning of the year in my mind, much more … Continue reading →

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The Pretty Place

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Myrna Folkert

 The overgrown trail was dotted with purple, white and yellow in the spring. The whole area was called the “gullies.” Grabbing unto tree branches along the way, my senses filled  deeply with the grassy muddy smell. In the famous movie “Chronicles … Continue reading →

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