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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Not So With You
“Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the […]
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Recipe for Success
“And immediately they left their nets and followed him” (Mark 1:18 ESV). This week was a week of firsts for me. I started a new job as a library secretary […]
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And There was Evening
“God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day” (Genesis 1:5 ESV). My usual morning devotional routine […]
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Disaster Preparedness Plan
“Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and […]
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Me First
“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing” […]
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Blessed
“Thus says the Lord: ‘Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. Blessed is the man who trusts in the […]
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Come and Hear
“Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul” (Psalm 66:16 ESV). At the Episcopal Church where I formerly worked, they […]
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Food
“But he answered, ‘It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God’”” (Matthew 4:4 ESV). Now that I’m unemployed […]
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Perspective
“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor” (Romans 12:10 ESV). I stayed with friends while finishing up the last week of my job. They were […]
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I Will Show You
“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand” (Proverbs 19:21 ESV). Last week, I related one of […]
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GPS
“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps” (Proverbs 16:9 ESV). Seeing God’s hand through our whole move still amazes me. Two things happened this […]
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Nesting Grounds
“Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young—Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, My King and my […]