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Spiritual Clocks : Spending Time on Your Purpose

Posted on August 12, 2026 by sheliagaines

Verse for Thought:   To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 American author and journalist, Hunter S. Thompson may not have been writing from a spiritual perspective when he penned … Continue reading →

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Our House, God’s Temple

Posted on July 29, 2026 by sheliagaines

Challenging Thought for Today: By wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.  Proverbs 24: 3-4. “Do you have the guts to take on a fixer-upper?” … Continue reading →

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Mountaintop Experience

Posted on April 7, 2026 by sheliagaines

Challenging Though For Today: As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people. Psalm 125:2 You can’t see forever, but if you are willing to take the half mile hike, straight up the mountain from the parking lot, … Continue reading →

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The “Late” Shift

Posted on March 18, 2026 by sheliagaines

Challenging Thought for Today: It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 In January, I decided, along with probably millions of … Continue reading →

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Thursday Throwback Thought for the Day

Posted on July 3, 2025 by sheliagaines

I hope you enjoy this repost a previous Friday Fund Challenge even though today is actually Thursday When your feet stick to the Floor Everyday. Once a week. When your feet stick to the floor. Those were the three choices … Continue reading →

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Fear of Needles

Posted on April 21, 2025 by sheliagaines

At a recent medical check up, I was a little taken aback at what I will call the “bedside manner” or lack thereof of the technician who did my lab work.  I know not everyone is a morning person, but … Continue reading →

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Delayed Obedience

Posted on January 30, 2025 by sheliagaines

Challenge Verse for Today:  Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “this is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)  My pastor often reminds us that delayed … Continue reading →

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Thankfulness and Millionaire Pie

Posted on November 27, 2024 by sheliagaines

Nothing whets your appetite like someone sitting down beside you with a slice of millionaire pie.  For many years, that pie was a staple at my family holiday gatherings.  Of course, we still get together with or without the pie … Continue reading →

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Traveling Shoes

Posted on November 1, 2024 by sheliagaines

Challenging thought for today: And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Ephesian. 6:15 After snagging an opportunity that her colleague had been starving herself for months to have, Anne Hathaway’s character in the movie, The Devil … Continue reading →

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Good Bones

Posted on July 23, 2024 by sheliagaines

  “Do you have the guts to take on a fixer-upper?” Joanna Gaines (no relation) asks this question in the introduction to the HGTV show, Fixer-Upper, that she co-hosted with her husband Chip.  I may or may not be a … Continue reading →

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