Betty Whitaker Jackson

During this COVIC quarantine time, when few daily pleasures occur with regularity, I am thankful for three people who bless me with their photography. One posts pictures of sunrises each morning, perfectly framed with a river dock or palm trees or both; one takes daily walks through the woods and focuses on both the “big” picture and minute details, and my nephew delights in photographing the vast sky and beauty of rural Arizona.  God’s eternal glory is revealed to us…..

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When the world seems to be in chaos, and disappointment and confusion abound, it’s so good to know that God loves us, and that He sent Jesus so we could follow Him through the morass and  wilderness. John 10:27 says: “My sheep listen to My voice. I know them, and they follow Me.”  Susie Larson writes in “Blessings for Every Day” : May God give you Spirit-eyes to see the blessings in your battles. May He givve you Spirit=ears to…..

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Exodus 14:14 reminds us to be still and just listen. It says: “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” The last few days have been tense, thinking about my sister’s hospitalization, her COVID treatment, and her delayed physical therapy after her shoulder replacement surgery. Yesterday she was transferred again to Sharon, CT Healthcare, a rehabilitation facility nearer to her home in Pine Plains, New York. There she should receive the attention she needs for her…..

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Jeremiah 32:17 says: “Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You.” Susie Larson writes in “Blessings for Every Day,” “May salvation spring up all around you! May you see lives changed, relationships restored, and bodies healed everywhere you turn. May your expectancy of what God can and wants to do in your midst rise exponentially. He is a star-breathing miracle -working, intimately involved God.”…..

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God is good. I talked with my “Covid” sister and that was a blessing. After her harrowing paramedic encounter, then Covid declaration at one hospital (no symptoms), she was transferred by ambulance (over an hour away in a raging snowstorm) to Danbury, CT hospital for treatment. She has received antibody infusion and Remdisivir and is doing well. Thank you for your prayers. Today’s Ephesians 3:19 verse is true: “May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great…..

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Jerry Klemm’s sermon yesterday on facing trials, which we all are during this period of time and always, I suppose, is very timely. After a wonderful worship time and a tremendously welcome live concert by the Space Coast Symphony, I cam to home the message my younger sister, Dottie was in crisis. She fell sometime during the night on Saturday, remained on the floor all night until she remembered to press her med-alert button to call the paramedics, and was…..

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From my book, “Life-Changing Water,” “What is amazing about the Power of God is that He, unlike us, is so willing to share His control, knowing that we sinful children, will mess up. He knows we value ourselves more highly than we ought to do. He knows we will make poor choices. He knows we cam be tempted by evil, even by good things, which become sinful idols in our lives. Why would He do that? We should remain astonished,…..

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From “My Psalms Devotional Guide,” My Psalm 153, may this bless and guide you this day:

“I thank You, for Jesus, the Light of the world/And the Light of eternity,/For without You in my life,/I would know darkness and despair./Precious Holy Spirit/ I ask you to be part of every conversation in this day,/To guide me in pathways of Your choosing/To provide a barrier/Against sin of thought, of motive, of speech, of action,/Keeping my mind, body, soul, and spirit pure…..

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Prayer for today from my book: “Life-Changing Water: Chaos to Glory: A Metaphor Study.”  As things change in the news, as COVID infections soar, as the stroke of a pen changes our culture, remember God is good, God is eternal, and we are in His care. “Almighty Father, Abba, Father, strong to save, we pray for your deliverance from anything which gets in the way of our total worship of You in this day. Clear our minds of lesser thought…..

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Celebrate ’21, Everyone! God’s Got This!  In Matthew 11:28 we find great advice for a weary world, discouraged by COVID, cultural changes that keep us awake at night, the dreariness of winter, and few signs of peace, harmony, cooperation, and kindness. Jesus says: “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”

Those of us who worshipped yesterday found a time of sanctuary, a time of recalibrating. A chance to glimpse once…..

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