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Continue reading →: Four special ladies – Part 1There are four special ladies in the Bible that are barely mentioned, but their impact socks a punch. I’m going to introduce you to these ladies in four separate blogs. They each have a story to tell and something to teach us, and together they pack a wallop! What’s in…
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Continue reading →: What’s up?There is a two-letter word that probably has more meaning than almost any other two-letter word. The word is “up”. It’s easy to understand the up meaning toward the sky, or toward the top of a list. But why when we awaken in the a.m., do we wake up? At…
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Continue reading →: How to recover from COVID brain fogI am hating all the attention that is being focused on COVID since the pandemic. I can understand when it first broke out it was something new and had to be dealt with in a quick and efficient manner. But, now, two years into it, still the news talk shows…
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Continue reading →: Countdown to Christmas – The VisitorsEven though the traditional Christmas is past, God is still sending messages to us today to invite us to come and worship Jesus as His Son and to tell others about the great miracle that happened at Christmas. What do you do when you get the announcement that a baby…
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Continue reading →: Countdown to Christmas – Announcement II13. The Angels – Luke 2:8-14 Just imagine the whole sky exploding with a bright light! The poor shepherds don’t know what’s going on! They’ve never seen anything like it. First, one angel appears and talks directly to them telling them about a baby being born in Bethlehem. Then a…
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Continue reading →: Countdown to Christmas – The Unlikely Invited GuestsA countdown usually culminates with the climax at the end. A countdown for a space launch usually end with a big blast and the rocket is shot up into the air with a lot of flurry and fanfare. This Countdown to Christmas points to the birth of Jesus, the King…
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Continue reading →: Countdown continues – The politics turn life upside down4. The Roman Soldier – Luke 2:1-5 Politics played a part in the first Christmas event much as it does today. The Roman king decided everyone had to be counted for his census. Not only did they need to be counted, but they had to go to their hometown to…
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Continue reading →: Countdown to Christmas – You’re going to have a baby!As we prepare our hearts for the most world changing event in history, we focus on the people and surroundings of the actual event over 2000 years ago.
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Continue reading →: Mary’s ReminiscingJesus, my precious firstborn son, It has been such an incredible joy to have you in our family. You have brought such peace to our household. And it all began when Joseph and I were still just engaged. I was working for my mistress, Sarah, when an angel appeared before…
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Continue reading →: Tools for the tradeJust recently I heard someone speak about how God gives us “tools” and then He gives us opportunities to use those tools. I immediately could relate to what he was saying. God gave me tools this past Easter to share the Gospel, the Jelly Bean Prayer and Easter baskets. Then,…
Marilynn Lester
The journey never ends…
He who began a good work in you shall perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. – Philippians 1:6
Current Project…
The Long Trek
A story about a family walking alone from Danzig, Prussia, to Chortiza, Southern Russia, in the early 1800’s. Napoleon and his soldiers are dominating the countryside. Gypsies are roaming by clans from place to place. The main character, Gertie, has a lot to process in dealing with people outside her comfortable Mennonite community and learning to forgive people within her home community. Her desire to reflect the love of Christ puts a challenging perspective on her encounters with other people.
Marilynn…
Was raised in the Mennonite community. She can trace her roots way back to the 1700’s in Prussia. Marilynn, as a history buff, has always been curious about the trip her ancestors took from Prussia to Southern Russia (Ukraine) and what they could have encountered between the two points. Marilynn has done an incredible amount of research to discover the political and social climate of the day and is attempting to put it in fiction story form for other readers to enjoy.
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In 212 instances out of 250, the most influential person (in an individual’s life) had been a woman. – Eugenia Price, Woman to Woman.
