Posted on November 9, 2021
by Paris Renae
16 Comments
Recently I went to a 90th birthday celebration. Like all of us, he wonders…where have the years gone? We are created with an eternal instinct. We know that this chasing after life isn’t quite right. Yet the world we live in sets our deadlines,… Continue Reading “Time is near”
Like this:
Like Loading...
Category: featuredTags: Adam and Eve, Bible, Billy Graham, birthday, blessed, bucket list, celebration, control, created, dancing, dealine, demand, destruction, eternal, eternity, future, glory, God, heart, heaven, history, instinct, inventor, Jesus, journey, lessons, life, Lord, man, martyr, missionary, mother, Noah, old, politician, prophecy, question, season, service, singing, sorrow, special, teacher, time, vacation, wise, woman, work, world, writing, youthful
Posted on July 13, 2021
by Paris Renae
13 Comments
I’m not particularly athletic. At times I can be clumsy. But one thing I love, and wish I had started when I was much younger, is hiking in the mountains. I can’t do the strenuous trails. But I can walk long and slow and… Continue Reading “Must Listen”
Like this:
Like Loading...
Category: featuredTags: afraid, athletic, counselor, couple, death, discover, fall, foolish, forever, God, guidance, hear, heart, hesitate, hiking, Holy Spirit, Jesus, journey, learn, listen, Lord, love, mortal, mountains, promise, protection, purpose, quiet, safe, Savior, seek, self-talk, speaking, story, teaching, testify, trails, treasure, truth, voice, wisdom, wise, wonder, young
Posted on December 8, 2020
by Paris Renae
2 Comments
We’re at that point: the place somewhere between the excitement of the approaching celebration and the fulfillment of all the plans and preparations. The longing time. Longing, in some ways, to move on because it seems life is too hectic. But really longing for… Continue Reading “Longing”
Like this:
Like Loading...
Category: featuredTags: Advent, afraid, angels, awe, believe, boys, calm, celebration, chaos, Christmas, cross, dark, decorations, earthly, Emmanuel, eternal, excitement, Father, favor, flesh, glory, God, good news, goodwill, grace, hectic, hopeful, Jesus, joy, longing, Lord, meaningful, Messiah, peace, plans, preparation, promise, salvation, Savior, singing, son, soul, time, traditions, truth, weary, wisdom, wise, wonder
Posted on September 8, 2020
by Paris Renae
5 Comments
Rest and unrest are sort of coexisting in our lives these days. In some ways, many are having to do life a bit simpler. Less ‘going out’, more staying in the place we’re blessed with. May not be much for some and may be… Continue Reading “Consider…”
Like this:
Like Loading...
Category: featuredTags: beauty, blessed, complex, eternity, faithful, fear, forever, gift, God, good, great, heart, Jesus, joy, labor, life, Lord, love, opposition, perfect, rest, Savior, scientist, simple, sin, soul, speech, spiritual, threat, time, unknown, unrest, weary, what if, wise, wonder, words, worry
Posted on January 28, 2020
by Paris Renae
10 Comments
In all creation only Adam and Eve were given this gift: words. From the beginning God put language into His image bearers. Imagine this task: “So the LORD God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky.… Continue Reading “Words…”
Like this:
Like Loading...
Category: featuredTags: Adam and Eve, angry, Christ, creation, encourage, fool, gift, God, God's will, heart, Holy Spirit, image, Jesus, judgment, language, life, Lord, man, mind, perfection, prayer, sin, speech, tweets, wise, words, work
Posted on July 31, 2018
by Paris Renae
4 Comments
Why hope? Hope is so hard to define, yet it’s what we cling to. So maybe it’s time to not only say it but believe, know it, count on it. Today is my birthday – I hope I don’t look my age, I hope… Continue Reading “5 Tuesdays to…Hope”
Like this:
Like Loading...
Category: featuredTags: adventure, age, believe, birthday, certain, Christ, church, control, count on, define, desire, dictionary, doubt, effect, eternal, everlasting, expectation, fail, faith, feeling, generation, glory, God, health, hope, imagine, Jesus, journey, lie, milestone, obsess, power, prayer, promise, trust, wise
Posted on October 31, 2017
by Paris Renae
8 Comments
A friend said she makes her list then asks God what His agenda is – instead of bless her list, she asks what on this list is Your agenda, so it can be blessed. Mouth hanging open. Simple. (I think I’m slow.) Yes, of course, in our… Continue Reading “Lips to Give…”
Like this:
Like Loading...
Category: featuredTags: agenda, anger, beauty, Bless, compassion, count, friend, give, God, grace, instruction, Jesus, lists, mistakes, nourish, perfect, pray, rest, revive, secure, simple, sin, soul, starve, time, trust, wise, world
parisrenae 