Kookaburra and Kindness

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This week is the letter K.

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Kookaburra often gets stuck in my head. And it's annoying as all get-out. I do not like Kookaburra!! So I try to kick him out. Thinking about God's kindness to me...to us...helps kick Kookaburra.

I'm so thankful for God's kindness to me.

Be sure to check out Soldier's Heart by Tamera Lynn Kraft and leave her some kindness.

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His Song in the Night

I'm part of a Proverbs study group that is also committed to memorizing Scripture. We've been chatting about following and resting and prayer.

Many of us fall asleep at night praying, or wake up in the middle of the night and pray ourselves back to sleep.

We're finding that maybe praying Scripture at night is a good way to go...

I mulled this over last night as I lay in bed, awake and praying. 

Praying Scripture.

His song with me.

I like that.

Another reason to memorize Scripture.

Interested in this Proverbs study group? Check out Jennifer Slattery's site, or click her to simply join us.

What about you? Have you been memorizing lately?
What's your favorite Scripture to quote or meditate on at night?

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He Quiets Me

Each week at Living by Grace, a devotional discussion Facebook group, we post a memory verse and this week's is one that I recently refound.

The LORD your God is with you,

He is mighty to save.

He will take great delight in you,

He will quiet you with His love,

He will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)

Each line is filled with promise and comfort and as I memorized it the other day, it was truly wonderful to meditate on each line.

When I got to "He will quiet you with His love," I thought of my husband. Some days have been enough to set my teeth on edge and many other nasty things, but the moment I just hear my husband's van pull into the driveway, I feel myself settling. Other days, I feel like my frantic button is jammed and those days my husband's love truly quiets me. All my fuming and fretting and fury, his loves soothes and quiets. This is what I picture when I quote that line--God's love quieting me. No matter how extreme the situation.


So tell me, which line comforts you the most right now? Which promise encourages you on?

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Won't you join me memorizing Zephaniah 3:17 this week at Living by Grace?

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Mighty to Save

This week's verse at Living by Grace is one that I recently refound.

The LORD your God is with you,

He is mighty to save.

He will take great delight in you,

He will quiet you with His love,

He will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)

Each line is filled with promise and comfort.
Won't you join me memorizing it this week?

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Kindle Afresh

One of the reasons I was so excited about Living by Grace is that we'll be posting weekly memory verses. I don't know about you, but having the group accountability will help me get back into Bible memory.

This week's verse is 2 Timothy 1:6 (NAS)
For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

I was excited when Jen told me this was our first verse because this last week I worked with this verse. Isn't that like God? (There's another verse I've run into almost every day this week and I'll tell you about that one on Tuesday.)

So tell me, what gift has God given you that needs rekindling?
Won't you join me memorizing this week?

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