tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113101692024-03-23T11:15:44.227-08:00Treasures of DarknessLearning to seek the treasures of darkness & hidden riches in the "Land of the Midnight Sun."glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-13552226391333803532008-08-16T09:55:00.002-08:002008-08-16T09:59:29.335-08:00YouVersionBeyond a devotional site, this is a place to journal and to study Scripture. There are treasures buried here!glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-50271165509377547542008-05-22T13:24:00.002-08:002008-05-22T16:20:46.810-08:00God-Hungry = "Relationship-Starved"One of my favorite quotes on friendship came from a book by Dan Allender, called "The Healing Path." He told the story of a friendship gone awry, due to misunderstanding. One Sunday after church, Allender made an attempt to reconcile with this friend, to no avail. He wrote, "I watched a friendship drive away." This morning, a very dear friend literally drove away, down the Alaska-Canada highway,glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-20687799982499390612008-02-12T08:59:00.000-09:002008-02-12T11:21:25.584-09:00Fitting into Culture (Click this title)"Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you" (Romans 12glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-69055863218763299732007-12-09T21:24:00.000-09:002007-12-09T21:53:42.679-09:00Caroling, Caroling Now We Go!Tonight, we went Christmas caroling around the neighborhood behind the church. You would think that a simple concept like walking around the area homes, singing carols, would be --well, simple! No less than four staff meetings, three volunteer children's workers, and two-full time pastors were involved in bringing about the fruition of one person's romantic holiday idea.It was, quite simply, a glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-25358552029530343082007-03-01T18:51:00.000-09:002007-05-08T18:58:20.997-08:00My Song in the NightMY SONG IN THE NIGHTSouthern Folk Hymnarr. Paul J. ChristiansenO Jesus my Savior, my song in the night,Come to us with Thy tender love,my soul’s delight.Unto Thee, O Lord, in affliction I call,My comfort by day, and my song in the night.O why should I wander, an alien from Thee,Or cry in the desert Thy face to see?My comfort and joy, my soul’s delight,O Jesus my Savior, my song in the night.My glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-23041865665413588802007-01-10T23:58:00.000-09:002007-04-26T00:52:46.944-08:00Out of the Darkness? or not?I ran across a fascinating book title the other day: The Light Belongs In the Darkness by Patricia King. It grabbed my attention, because it seemed so wrong to me-- light and darkness do not co-exist. Light forces darkness out, it drives the darkness away.God spoke to me through that title. No, I didn't hear a voice in my head. It just seemed clear to me, almost as if the thought was spoken glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-10551874335559282172006-10-22T00:14:00.000-08:002006-10-22T01:18:20.071-08:00Countdown!Countdown to Christmas Starr!<!-- Today = new Date(); // Today's date TodayYear = Today.getYear(); // Today's year DateToFind = new Date("December 10 , " + TodayYear); // Date to countdown toward if (TodayYear < datetofind =" new" difference =" DateToFind.getTime()" difference =" Math.floor(difference">Only " + difference + " days until Christmas Starr!");-->glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1148357049722269692006-05-22T20:01:00.000-08:002006-05-22T20:04:09.776-08:00a divine arrangement 67 Originally uploaded by Divine Decor. found this on flickr. by Divine Decor (May 3, 2006)glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1144370279285500592006-04-06T16:33:00.000-08:002006-04-06T16:37:59.300-08:00The Life of a Pastor's WifeI really think I should write a book someday, with a title along these lines:THE LIFE OF A PASTOR'S WIFEThe first thing I want to do in this column is to express my love and appreciation to you and offer my prayers for a blessed Holy Week. So many will come under your influence who do not understand the cross — or redemption. Please help those you serve this next week to grasp how "high and wide glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1142224401085277322006-03-12T18:58:00.000-09:002006-03-12T19:40:04.466-09:00Songs that Still My SoulThe words to some precious old hymns appear on this post, "Words That Shake My Soul". I like to think along the lines of calming, and quieting my soul, rather than shaking my soul. Hebrews 12 talks about an "Unshakable Kingdom", but only after the author urges entering into rest. Hebrews 6:19(NIV) says, "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure."I believe we are in a time glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1141756076818836352006-03-07T09:06:00.000-09:002006-03-11T23:56:10.530-09:00FORTY DAYS IN THE WORDI love these promises; and I love God's perfect timing to encourage and excite His people!March 7, 2006: Ask of Me, and I will show you great and awesome mysteries, and I will uncover those things, which have been hidden from your understanding. You will no longer be kept in the dark with a lack of knowledge of that which has caused you to fall short of victory. And, I do call you forth into glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1140661813831264762006-02-22T17:02:00.000-09:002006-02-22T17:31:10.186-09:00"Touch not my anointed one"Curt Hendley, "The Happy Husband", has a blog celebrating marriage. He also has a section of the blog dedicated to "ministering to pastors". I appreciate his writings on both subjects, marriage and ministry. Here is an excerpt from his page on ministering to pastors: My request to you is that you respond with a blog post (or a link to a post if you’ve already written one) listing some glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1138486779957126152006-01-28T13:06:00.000-09:002006-01-28T13:22:24.773-09:00"Hey, I resemble that remark!"And I believe it is sad, but true.Ted Haggard: "Pastors are the Single Fattest Group of People I Know" brought to you courtesy of Monday Morning Insight Weblog, by Todd Rhoades on For What It's Worth.glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1138302096047131732006-01-25T10:00:00.000-09:002006-01-28T13:23:46.690-09:00True ForgivenessMy husband, a pastor, both preaches and lives the concepts of true forgiveness. I have heard him pray for people that have deeply hurt him, with words of blessing, grace, forgiveness, and love."Lord, help me to love _____ the way you love _____."I, on the other hand, struggle greatly with holding on to offenses that really were not even directed toward me, but toward my husband. I need to stop glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1138231895488564102006-01-24T14:31:00.000-09:002006-01-28T13:24:06.226-09:00forgivenessI'm still working on this...Forgiveness...one step further I heard an interesting addition to the process of forgiveness today. I was watching "Luggage", a Rob Bell NOOMA DVD, and he suggested that until you are able to look at someone who has wronged you and wish them the best in life, you haven't truly reached a state of forgiveness. It's one thing to say "I forgive you". Not that that's an glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1138014760722344932006-01-22T14:02:00.000-09:002006-01-28T12:46:46.340-09:00A Beautiful TestimonyThis is a very good description of what it feels like to be depressed. It is taken directly from a post entitled, "Diving for Pearls" which was posted on my birthday.I was hit with a wall of depression. I was physically and emotionally exhausted. It was at this time that I experienced the real grief and loss of my Dad in addition to all the other areas of loss I was dealing with. I had no glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1136620778545389552006-01-03T22:22:00.000-09:002006-01-06T22:59:38.556-09:00Happy New Year!2006resolutions Top Five Priorities:1. Read the Word2. Pray3. Worship4. Witness5. Love Goals and Dreams:1. Continuing Education: maybe start a M. Div. or work towards a counseling license or degree.2. Finding More Treasures in the Darkness: the treasures are God's jewels, His people.3. Seeking more inner healing and soul-care; to learn more about how to reach out to others.4. Get a Hysterectomy: glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1135834988187198812005-12-28T19:23:00.000-09:002005-12-28T20:43:08.236-09:00My "Would-Have-Been" Alma MaterI went to Dover High School. My mother and all her siblings graduated from Dover High. My cousins graduated from DHS, as well. But I did not. In the latter part of my sophomore year, my father made a decision that changed my life forever. He took me out of public school and placed me in a private Christian School. That was over twenty years ago.Today, I read that Cal Thomas urged parents to make glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1134974261196513022005-12-16T21:35:00.000-09:002005-12-18T21:43:43.533-09:00Near-Misses and Miss-Communication!Although the warm temperature feels nice, it's not a good thing for road conditions.I very nearly had a wreck today on the icy roads in downtown Fairbanks! I slid around the corner into the other lane. (Not speeding, I was at a complete stop at a red light, but the road turned immediately after the intersection, and it was on a slanted, icy bridge!) The other driver and I could have reached glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1134798437057985022005-12-16T19:56:00.000-09:002005-12-16T20:49:23.723-09:00Wacky Weather!What's wrong with this picture? Pittsburgh, PA 28ºFOvercast Wind: SW at 7 mph Humidity: 64% Today36º | 22º Sat36º | 18º Sun28º | 15º Mon24º | 17º Kansas City, MO 28ºFClear Wind: W at 4 mph Humidity: 55% Today37º | 22º Sat31º | 18º Sun29º | 14º Mon30º | 16º Fairbanks, AK 46ºFMostly Cloudy Wind: E at 13 mph Humidity: 57% Today18º | 12º Sat16º | 3ºglorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1134471742562334172005-12-13T02:02:00.000-09:002005-12-18T22:40:30.120-09:00SWMBLOGCheck out this blog.glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1133750938556262332005-11-02T17:43:00.000-09:002005-12-04T17:51:26.520-09:00Recent News!Well, I got a job! I work 9-3, M-F, at Michael's! I love it! The Christmas music gets a little old; it's been on for three weeks now. I do love the floral arrangements, and last Thursday, I got to help create the Christmas centerpieces! I have unwrapped lots of new ornaments, etc., and decorated some Christmas trees. My favorite part of the job was cleaning out the clearance section, the best glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1133748054829344412005-10-14T15:37:00.000-08:002005-12-04T17:50:36.663-09:00The Greatest Show on EarthOnce upon a time, in a land not very far away, there was a rather large and famous circus—the “Greatest Show on Earth.” People came by the hundreds to see the spectacular shows put on by this circus. Children were awed and fascinated by the funny clowns and feats of bravery; women delighted in the glamorous array of colors and costumes; and men were impressed (but tried not to act too interested)glorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1126998857033503122005-09-17T14:45:00.000-08:002005-09-17T15:16:37.396-08:00If your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness...I've always wondered about this: What Is the “Bad Eye” in Matthew 6:23?John Piper wrote an excellent article on his website, Desiring God, answering this question.What does the bad eye refer to in Matthew 20:15? It refers to an eye that cannot see the beauty of grace. It cannot see the brightness of generosity. It cannot see unexpected blessing to others as a precious treasure. It is an eye thatglorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11310169.post-1125901014104347592005-09-04T21:02:00.000-08:002005-09-04T22:29:00.173-08:00Hurricane Katrina: In the Words of My Twelve-Year-Old SonMy son, Ben (nickname), wrote this poem after hearing his dad's sermon in church, followed by an extended season of corporate prayer for the victims of Hurricane Katrina:It makes me sad that the levy's did not holdPeople died young and oldSome did not heed the wisdom of the evacuationWhat Katrina did hurt the entire nationSure people made it to the superdomeBut now almost all have no home.Gettingglorybeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333554408934004505noreply@blogger.com0