A former member of the Highland SDA Church writes “Sabbath Thoughts” a couple times a month. These blog posts are meant to draw the reader closer to God and to encourage contemplation of various Christian topics.
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Be Glad
“But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicingAnd her people for gladness.I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My […]
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Snow Days
“Though your sins are as scarlet,They shall become as white as snow;” (Isaiah 1:18b NASB). Snow days are now a thing of the past. The school my mom works for […]
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Will I Need to do My Hair in Heaven?
“But when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory’” […]
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Pilate’s Wife
“While [Pilate] was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, ‘Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in […]
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Listening
“‘Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?’ But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, ‘You do not know what kind of […]
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Then He Arose
“Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace, be still!’ And the wind ceased and there was a great calm” (Mark 4:39 NKJV). One of […]
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Go to the Ant
“Go to the ant, O sluggard,Observe her ways and be wise,Which, having no chief,Officer or ruler,Prepares her food in the summerAnd gathers her provision in the harvest.How long will you […]
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Dirty Laundry
“ Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom” (James 3:13 ESV). I’ve never been good at declining […]
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Do Not Believe It
“So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it” […]
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Five-Second Rule
“You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean” (Leviticus 10:10 ESV). Growing up we never had the five-second rule; however, I […]
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Paths
“Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen” (Psalm 77:19 ESV). I remember in high school our guidance counselor asked us […]
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My Foot Slips
“When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul” (Psalm 94:18, 19 […]