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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Stories
My grandma always berates me for not keeping a journal. “One day you’ll wish you had!” she says. “You won’t be able to remember those funny things that happened or […]
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Love Came Down at Christmas
The Christmas season is here and with it comes the myriad of popular songs that play on the radio, in stores, and even at the gas pump. You really cannot […]
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Wonders of His Love
Growing up I loved Christmas (and with the exception of how busy I am at work, I still do). The excitement, the glittering decorations, the giving and getting, time spent […]
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Negative Nancy
In Sabbath school, we discussed the merits of exposure to differing viewpoints so that our own understanding and knowledge of different topics grows and we might better understand others. I’m […]
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This Little Light of Mine
Our small church has an average attendance of about 10 to 20 people. How amazing and wonderful that within such a relatively small number we have three pianists. And this […]
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Praying for Red Lights
Some days I don’t even make it out of bed before I’m saying and doing things I wish I wasn’t. Does that ever happen to you? You open your eyes […]
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Joy Inexpressible
I came close to not going to church yesterday. I have been dealing with a reaction to a medication I took. I didn’t feel guilty or bad for not going. […]
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The World is Like a Fly Swatter
I don’t always make logical decisions. One weekend, while I was attending college, I decided to drive home even though on Sunday, the day I would have to return, it […]
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Don’t Answer My Prayer
Have you ever secretly hoped that God would not answer your prayer? This seems counterproductive doesn’t it? I’ve been praying off and on for a while now that God would […]
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Cake
I once read someone compare leaving your house without spending time with God to leaving your house without putting on clothing. Some mornings, like this morning, I sleep a little […]
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The Key to Happiness
A while back in Sabbath School, we discussed how students should choose what field of study they wanted to pursue. Someone suggested that students should be encouraged to study something […]
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Green Dot
“Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, […]