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<p>We love because he first loved us 1 John 4:19 Things have been pretty crazy lately, in my life and in the world in general. There have been many personal challenges and deadlines I need to meet. Health issues, work issues, issues, issues, issues. When we feel like all the balls we must juggle are<a class="more-link" href="https://terryovertonbooks.com/2022/02/13/love/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Love&#8221;</span></a></p>

<p>&#8220;For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart,” 1 Samuel 16:7. These flowers are considered by some to be wild and by others to be weeds. Perhaps they interfere with the growth of our own plants. They may intrude on our carefully landscaped flower beds or<a class="more-link" href="https://terryovertonbooks.com/2021/04/14/start-the-dialogue/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Start the D

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<p>This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it&nbsp;Psalm 118:24 The fact that you are reading the verse above is a blessing.  You have been blessed with another day! How the day will turn out only God knows. But we know one thing for certain: God, as the<a class="more-link" href="https://terryovertonbooks.com/2020/08/03/rejoicing-in-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Rejoicing in the&nbsp;Day!&#8221;</span></a></p>

<p>The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him Exodus 15:2 No, “wilty” is not a real word. But I am going to use it anyway. Peeking through my blinds I noticed that my<a class="more-link" href="https://terryovertonbooks.com/2019/07/24/feeling-wilty/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Feeling &#8220;Wilty&#8221;&#8221;</span></a></p>