One morning, a married couple argued about who was going to make the coffee. The wife says: in the Bible it says that men should make the coffee.

The husband asked her where does it say that?

The wife opened the Bible and said: "Right here in HE-BREWS!"

Whether disagreeing over little things, or not-so-little things, allowing Him the last word just may end the argument!

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One day at a time

One place in my mind

Is where you will find

This mysterious love of mine

 

I would share it with you,

But it was a gift to me

Something precious

I hold on to so dearly

 

The gift of motherly love

To know what it is like to have and to hold a newborn son

and that type of love cannot be undone

 

It is irreplaceable

Rooted so deep

Highly unshakeable

 

This love I speak of

Is like the love You have for us, oh Lord

Never ending

The wind blowing

But the tree is not bending

 

You hold on to us

Even when we cannot give enough

Even when our life seems to unravel

And we come undone

You lift us up

Still giving us love

 

A love like a mother has when she looks at her son

Like a Father and a daughter

With a bond thick as mud

Lord, You never give us up

We are mere mortals
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So undeserving of Your gracious love

and my prayer today is that we can give back

Even just an ounce of that love

Lord, let us be your light from above

Here on earth as your daughters and sons


​-Abigail Rice

If fear is a false expectation appearing real, then what is faith? Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Fridays with Trench Classes United and Debra Dolce.

Faith is knowing with our inner being that there is no negative emotion, situation or behavior that can overtake us in His presence. And if we believe God is everywhere, even in the pain, then meditating on Him helps us to believe Him and stand on His promises.  Debra’s love letter from the Father’s heart to hers and now yours is a great reminder of this truth.

~Love Letter~

My love, even when My path takes you through the valley of deepest darkness, fear will never conquer you! I remain close to you and lead you through it all the way. My authority is your strength and your peace. The comfort of My love takes away your fear. You'll never be lonely, for I am near.
 
What a marvelous promise for you to meditate on, for you to believe in and to stand on. This promise will equip you as you walk through life. I desire that you know and are assured that I will never leave you. I will never abandon you for I have adopted you and made you My own. You are a much loved child that I came and died for. I paid a great price to ransom you and Oh My love, you are so worth it!
 
Beloved, come and spend time in our secret place today that you may feel My love and acceptance. 
 
~Debra Dolce

Let’s have some truthful humor…

Billy had been misbehaving and was sent to his room. After a while he emerged and informed his mother that he had thought it over and then said a prayer.

"Fine", she said, obviously pleased. "If you asked God to help you not misbehave, I know He will help you; that’s a good sign."

"Oh, I didn't ask Him to help me not misbehave," said Johnny. "I asked Him to help you put up with me."
Whether a child growing up in the home or a child in Christ, recognizing we can be difficult is the beginning of humility 😉

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Kim-Evinda

I watched and listened as he took him away from everyone else and disappeared. And as we all finished dinner, I felt their absence and bowed my head and mindfully prayed that God would join them in their conversation.
Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Trench Classes United and Kim-Evinda. If you are a parent reading this, you will definitely appreciate the vulnerability of this week’s word and we pray it will encourage you in your journey.

​I had just finished cleaning up when my son returned to the kitchen for dinner. I tried to search his face to see if I could determine how the talk with his teenage son had gone. I couldn’t tell. But he was calm and my heart fluttered with happiness.

There is something about watching your child parent on the sidelines that is incredibly revealing.
It wasn’t until the next day when we were on our way to look at a couple properties for me to invest in that I was able to ask him how his talk with his boy had gone.

“It went really well,” he said. I breathed a sigh of relief because I knew my son was struggling with my grandson’s struggles of being a teenager. As the conversation continued, I was able to share a situation that I had to ever so carefully walk through and the words that I shared with one of them involved came as a welcomed but uninvited guest into the conversation: “Could it be that the things he is doing that irritate you remind you of a part of yourself that you have outgrown?”

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! 😊 😊 😊

It didn’t take my son long at all to exclaim: “Exactly!”

I did share that I still experience that in my life…that when I am unusually irritated with someone, I have to step back and ask myself why…and it doesn’t take long to realize that what I am irritated with is the old self that can still show up in that mirror of life.

I am so thankful to Abba, the greatest Father ever that stepped in and taught me better parenting skills that I am still able to share with my son…now a husband and a daddy too. Watching my son continue to grow up as a grown-up reminds me of this truth that will never ever fail: He who began a good work will be faithful to complete it…until the time of Christ. Philippians 1:6

He’s a good, good Father…always working on our behalf, even when we don’t feel it, see it…we can experience it by trusting it!  

Love,
Kim-Evinda

In the beginning, God created the earth, then rested.
Then God created man…and rested. 
Then He created Woman; since then, neither God nor Man has rested!!!

Oh, isn’t it true that while God created woman to complete man, we can sometimes complicate them?
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​Kim-Evinda

On my knees
I am begging
Begging for your mercy
Pour into me
Resting in Your presence
Is all I need
Yet, I find myself
Questioning
Is there something I am missing?
A missing piece
To this broken me
My mind slipping
Slipping away from me
Losing my gripping
I have nothing left to give
Pour into me
My soul
It grows weary
Longing for rest
That only You, Oh Lord, can give to me
My soul
It is groaning
Longing for You to hear me
Can you hear me?
Do you see me?
I am right here Lord
Waiting patiently
Begging
For your presence to enwrap me
To take me
To a place where this pain
Is a distant memory
And Your love as tender be
Is all I need

“In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;” – Romans 8:26
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-Abigail Rice

Have you ever started something only to get distracted again and again until you completely forgot the first thing you started? Now, sure, we can blame it on our brains getting older, but even distractions are a choice. Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes United.
 
~Love Letter~
 
My blessed child, the healed man replied that he had no idea what kind of man I was, but all he knew was that he was blind and now he could see for the first time in his life! This is what I do, I touch, I save, I heal, I deliver, I cleanse and purify, I call you to Myself that you may recognize My voice.
 
Follow Me that I may lead you into all truth. Do not become distracted by what is going on around you, for you are not fighting against flesh and blood, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world.
 
Be vigilant in prayer and intercession that you keep your focus on Me. Do not spread fear like you are doing some great thing, but promote peace in all you do. Let My peace fill mind and heart that you may be full. Beloved, become so saturated in Me that others will come seeking what you have. 
 
~DebraDolce

Integrity is intentional.

When you think about it, life is full of choices, and most choices have a right or wrong component. We are faced with choices all day long and while some are minor, meaning they don’t affect anyone but ourselves and have no real bearing on our purpose and passion in life, many choices do affect our lives…and those in our inner worlds.
When we choose with integrity in mind, we will never go wrong.
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-Kim Evinda

 I watched as he sat and thought, and thought, and thought before making his next move…

Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. We are confident that you will receive something for your own journey with God from this Wednesday’s Word and that you will use it as a weapon of warfare in the battles of life.

I don’t think I had ever seen him think so intensely, and yet it was beautiful at the same time because he wasn’t one to play board games, card games, any game, really, and he had never played Checkers, ever in his life. I myself hadn’t played since I was a young girl. I was both encouraged and frustrated at the same time: encouraged as I have always wanted my husband to join me in board games, card games, games to take our minds away from our stuff and to sit in some fun for a while.

The frustration was two-fold, however: first, he was beating me 😊 😊 😊 Seriously, that was some fun frustration…but then I got to thinking this week – uh-oh… isn’t life like a game of checkers? We all are presented with the gift of choice, choosing small and big things, and many choices have the right/wrong component to them and often affect those in our inner circle.

When situations and circumstances arise as a result of someone else’s choice, don’t you just wish He would have made them to choose differently? Here’s what I have come to know (in Hebrew, the word know translates to yada which means to know with our inner being, in other words as a result of experience) that God doesn’t make things happen to cause us pain; but we can trust Him to work it all out for our good and His glory.

How do I know? Well, to make a really long story short, after months of studying His Word, and years of nurturing my relationship with Him, I finally got brave enough to ask Him, “Why, Lord? Why did you allow this? Why couldn’t you stop him from molesting/hurting us?” To which I heard very, very clearly: “I wept every time he touched you that way.”

God loves us enough to allow us to choose…but we don’t have to choose as if we are lost, wondering and wandering with no one to advise us. Jeremiah 29:12 says that He will listen to us when we call upon Him and when we seek Him with our whole heart, we will find Him…and the answer to each and every choice we have to or get to make.

Perhaps we should begin our days with choosing to invite Him into them.

Thoughtfully,
Kim-Evinda