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Yesterday as I was standing in church worshiping, (my most favorite time to praise Jesus), my worship minister caught my attention with the story of Moses wanting to see God's face. I wanted to dig deeper. Maybe that was part of God's plan. To dig deeper.  Exodus 34:1-7 tells us that God told "Moses to chisel out two stone tablets and walk up to Mount Sinai alone. No one was allowed to even see him anywhere on the mountain. Just as Moses had done what he was commanded, God ascended down from the cloud and proclaimed his name as Yahweh and passed in front of Moses proclaiming to be The Lord, The compassionate and Gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, Maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin." God of Compassion and Grace. Wow. It astounded me. We have a loving God who shows us compassion because he loves us. He loves us so much that he created his son to die for our sins. Let's talk now about Jesus. Jesus ...

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8  reminds us that; "There is a season, and a time for every matter under Heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;  a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace." In life, we go through many seasons. God prepares us for it without us realizing what he is doing. The other evening, my boyfriend and I had the conversation about seasons we all go through. I firmly believe that everything that happens in life, must go through God's hands first...

Anchors and weights. Two words that serve the same purpose, however they are very much different biblically. Last night as I was reading scriptures, God placed these two words in my thoughts. It made me think about how each one serves it's own purpose according to God's word.  As a Christian, we look to the Anchor as Hope. God is our Hope in all things. As I reflect on that word, I think about other things it represents. We find peace and it is a foundation. We are God's vessels.  Hebrews 6:19 says, "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain."  God wants us to remember that we are to hold onto our hope in him. He wants us to be encouraged and rest in that assurance that all his promises will come true for us. We will inherit the promises of God.  When we look at the word Weight, we think of sin. Sin weighs us down heavily. In Hebrews 12:1, "Wherefore seeing we are compassed about with so gr...